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- Juan Gelman was born on May 3, 1930 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer, known for The Dark Side of the Heart (1992), Resistir (1978) and Por los senderos del libertador (1971). He was married to Mara La Madrid. He died on January 14, 2014 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- SpouseMara La Madrid(? - January 14, 2014) (his death, 2 children)
- His parents were Jewish Ukrainian immigrants to Argentina.
- His son and his pregnant daughter-in-law died after being abducted by the military government in the 1970s. His tireless search for them made him a symbol in the struggle for human rights. In 2000, he found his granddaughter, born before his daughter-in-law's presumed murder in prison. The child had been handed over to a pro-government family in Uruguay.
- He was considered one of the greatest authors in Spanish, and was awarded the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 2007. He wrote more than 20 books of poetry which have been translated into 14 languages, as well as regular columns for newspapers.
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