Francisco Urondo

Francisco Urondo, (born January 10 1930 in Santa Fe, died June 17 1976 in Mendoza) was an Argentine writer, and member of the Montoneros guerrilla.

Urondo collaborated in the writing of movie scripts such as Pajarito Gómez and Noche terrible, and adapted for television Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Stendhal's "Le Rouge et le Noir" and Eça de Queiroz's "Os Maias".

In 1968 he was named General Culture Director for the Santa Fe Province, and in 1973 Director of the Literature Department of the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the University of Buenos Aires.

As a journalist, he collaborated in several national and international media, among the Primera Plana, Panorama, Crisis, La Opiníon and Noticias.

Montonero

Urondo militated in the Argentine gerrilla organisation Montoneros. On his death, partner in arms Rodolfo Walsh wrote:

Work

*"Historia Antigua", poetry, 1956.
*"Breves", poetry, 1959.
*"Lugares", poetry, 1961.
*"Nombres", poetry, 1963.
*"Del otro lado", poetry, 1967.
*"Adolecer", poetry, 1968.
*"Larga distancia", poetry, Madrid,1971.
*"Todo eso", short-stories, 1966.
*"Al tacto", short-stories, 1967.
*"Veraneando y sainete con variaciones", play, 1966.
*"Veinte años de poesía argentina", essay, 1968.
*"Los pasos previos", novel, 1972.
*"La patria fusilada", interviews, 1973 editorial crisis