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LASPLACES, Alberto was born on August 30, 1887 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Alberto LASPLACES
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Alberto LASPLACES, Uruguayan teacher, newspaperman, writer;. Decorations: cross, Légion d’Honneur, France; Moors Cabot prize from Columbia University, United States of America, 1942. member municipal cultural commission, Montevideo. Member: Ateneo de Montevideo, Mundo Libre, Society Uruguaya de Autores, P.E.N. Club, Asociación de Trabajadores Intelectuales, Inter-American Committee of Intellectual Cooperation, Alliance Française.
Education
Graduated Institute Normal de Varones, 1908. Dr. honoris causa, Columbia University, United States of America.
Career
Secretary, reviews Bohemia, 1908, and La Semana, 1909. Teacher in primary schools, 1909-1912. Secretary, Institute Normal de Varones, 1912-1916, professor., 1913-1930, assistant, director, 1916-1929, director from 1929 until his retirement in 1936.
Editor, daily El Día, 1912, foreign affairs editor since 1913. Founder and director, literary and art review La Cruz del Sur, 1924. International commentator, review Mundo Uruguayo, since 1936, and radio station El Espectador, since 1939.
Membership
Member municipal cultural commission, Montevideo. Member: Ateneo de Montevideo, Mundo Libre, Society Uruguaya de Autores, P.E.N. Club, Asociación de Trabajadores Intelectuales, Inter-American Committee of Intellectual Cooperation, Alliance Française.
