Background
HOLMBERG, Eduardo was born in 1852 in Buenos Aires.
Argentine naturalist and writer
HOLMBERG, Eduardo was born in 1852 in Buenos Aires.
Together with Florentino Ameghino he undertook the inventory of Argentine flora and fauna, and explored all the ecoregions in the country. As director of the Buenos Aires Zoological Garden he greatly developed its scientific aspect, publishing booklets and providing printed media for a learned appreciation of its contents. He also directed the Natural History Cabinet of the University of Buenos Aires and published the standard reference works on botany and zoology used in his country for most of the 20th century.
While less distinguished for his writing, he was arguably the first science fiction writer in Latin America.
He wrote the first science fiction novel, "Viaje maravilloso del señor Nic-Nac al planeta Marte." In 1879, he wrote "Horacio Kalibang o los autómatas," the first short science fiction story of Latin America.
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Quotations: "Viaje maravilloso del señor Nic-Nac al planeta Marte.".
Aóademy of Sciences of Córdoba.