Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi

Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi
BornSeptember 3, 1930
Buenos Aires, Argentina
DiedOctober 7, 1991
Madrid, Spain
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolEsotericism, Theosophy, Neoplatonism, Humanism

Jorge Ángel Livraga Rizzi (September 3, 1930 – October 7, 1991) was an Argentine poet, novelist, self-taught philosopher, essayist, educator and lecturer of Italian heritage best known for having founded and directed New Acropolis, an international philosophical educational and cultural organisation.

His works have been translated into several languages, titles in English include the novels The Alchemist and Ankor, the Last Prince of Atlantis, as well as The Spirits of Nature and Thebes, two studies on esotericism.

He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and died in Madrid, Spain.

Livraga was convicted for illegal arm possession in 1988 by Madrid's Provincial Court.