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Civilization and Barbarism: Life of Juan Facundo Quiroga, later published and better known as Facundo, is a book written in 1845 by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and journalist who became the s
The cover of the original version from 1845.
Portrait of Rosas by Raymond Monvoisin
Portrait of Sarmiento at the time of his exile in Chile; by Franklin Rawson
The Argentine plains, or pampas. For Sarmiento, this bleak, featureless geography was a key factor in Argentina's "failure" to achieve civilization by the mid-19th century.
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. He was a member of a group of intellectuals, known as the Generation of 1837, who had a great influence on 19th-century Argenti
Facundo
…in Bello orthography: Civilización i Barbarie: Vida de Juan Facundo Qiroga), later published and better known as Facundo, is a book written in 1845 by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and journalist who became the seventh president of Argentina. It is a cornerstone of Latin American literature: a work of creative non-fiction…
Portrait, c. 1874
Façade of Sarmiento's childhood home in San Juan, Argentina.
1845 portrait of Sarmiento during his exile in Chile, by Franklin Rawson.
Sarmiento portrayed by Ignacio Baz.