Ricardo Piglia

Ricardo Piglia
Ricardo Piglia receiving the Rómulo Gallegos Prize. Caracas, August 2, 2011
Born(1941-11-24)November 24, 1941
DiedJanuary 6, 2017(2017-01-06) (aged 75)
Occupation(s)Argentine author, critic, and scholar
Known forIntroducing hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public

Ricardo Piglia (November 24, 1941, in Adrogué – January 6, 2017, in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine author, critic, and scholar best known for introducing hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public.