Ricardo Güiraldes Anthology

Ricardo Güiraldes was born into a wealthy family in Argentina that went to France when he was one year old. He spent the first four years of his life in Europe and learned to speak French and German.
Later he lived in Argentina, in a house in the city and in the estancia La Porteña, in San Antonio de Areco. His childhood in the countryside brought him closer to the gaucho environment.
He studied architecture and law but did not finish his university education. He then had a dandy life in Europe until he married Adelina del Carril in 1913.
Ricardo Güiraldes was a friend of Jorge Luis Borges with whom he founded the magazines Martín Fierro and Proa.