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Max Daireaux
1883–1954
Born in Buenos Aires and shaped by life in Paris, this Franco-Argentine writer brought a lively cross-cultural perspective to novels, essays, criticism, and translation. His work helped introduce Spanish and Latin American literature to French readers while also earning recognition for his own poetry.
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L'envers d'un homme de bien : roman
by Max Daireaux
About the author
Max Daireaux was a Franco-Argentine novelist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and translator, born in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1883. He was the son of the writer and lawyer Émile Daireaux, and after studying in Buenos Aires he moved to Paris with his family in 1902, where he continued his education at the École Supérieure des Mines de Paris.
Though trained as an engineer, he became known above all as a man of letters. Library and reference sources describe a broad body of work that included fiction, poetry, criticism, and translation, and he is especially remembered for helping French readers discover Hispanic and Latin American literature. That role makes him an especially interesting figure for readers drawn to literary bridges between cultures.
His writing also received recognition from the Académie française, which lists awards connected to his poetry and to Le plaisir d’aimer. Max Daireaux died in Paris on July 29, 1954.