author
Enrique Larreta
1875–1961
Best known for the celebrated historical novel La gloria de Don Ramiro, this Argentine writer brought Spain’s past vividly to life while building a parallel career as a diplomat, scholar, and art collector.
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La gloria de don Ramiro una vida en tiempos de Felipe segundo
by Enrique Larreta
About the author
Born in Buenos Aires in 1875, Enrique Larreta became one of the notable Argentine writers associated with Spanish American modernism. He is most closely linked with La gloria de Don Ramiro (1908), a historical novel set in the age of Philip II that earned lasting praise and helped secure his reputation beyond Argentina.
His life reached well beyond literature. Larreta also worked as an academic and diplomat, served in France, and developed a deep interest in Spanish art and history. That passion shaped both his writing and his collecting, giving his work a rich sense of atmosphere and period detail.
He died in 1961. His former home in Buenos Aires later became the Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta, a fitting legacy for a writer remembered not only for his fiction, but also for the cultural world he helped preserve.