Manuel Mujica Lainez

Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina—a city that one of his ancestors had helped to found. It was also the city where he was raised, though with long periods away in Paris and London, where he studied French and English. Not long after returning to Argentina, he dropped out of law school to pursue a career as a writer. Several of his novels revolve around the history of Buenos Aires, though he is perhaps best remembered for a fantasy novel, The Wandering Unicorn (1965), and Bomarzo (1962), which was awarded the John F. Kennedy Prize.

  • Bomarzo
    Bomarzo
    Bomarzo Manuel Mujica Lainez

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