Manuel Mujica Lainez

Manuel Mujica Lainez (11 September 1910 – 21 April 1984) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, translator and art critic.

He is mainly known for his cycle of historical novels called "La saga porteña" (The Buenos Aires Saga), consisting of ''Los ídolos'' (1953), ''La casa'' (1954), ''Los viajeros'' (1955) and ''Invitados en El Paraíso'' (1957); as well as his cycle of historical fantasy novels consisting of ''Bomarzo'' (1962), ''El unicornio'' (1965) and ''El laberinto'' (1974). He is also known for his first two short story collections ''Aquí vivieron'' (1949) and ''Misteriosa Buenos Aires'' (1950). Provided by Wikipedia