Background
ECHAGÜE, Juan was born on July 4, 1877 in Province of San Juan. Son of Pedro Echagiie and Epifar.ia de la Barrera.
ECHAGÜE, Juan was born on July 4, 1877 in Province of San Juan. Son of Pedro Echagiie and Epifar.ia de la Barrera.
Educated Colegio Nacional de San Juan, University Nacional de Buenos Aires, and the Sorbonne (Paris). Dr. honoris causa, University Nacional de Cuyo, 1941.
Acting secretary to the President of Argentina, 1910. Professor in the Colegio Nacional “B. Rivadavia”. In the National Conservatory of Music and Declamation.
Member of the Fine Arts Commission. On special government missions to Europe (on two occasions). President of the Commission for the Protection of Popular Libraries (Comisión Protectora de Bibliotecas Populares).
At various times literary and theatrical critic of La Nación, El Pais, El Diario, and La Razón, of Buenos Aires.
Member: Academy Nacional de la Historia (vice-president), Academy Argentina de Letras, Institución Mitre, Institute Nacional Sanmartiniano (vice-president), P.E.N. Club (ex-president), Círculo de la Prensa (vice-president), Institute Cultural Argentino-Ecuatoriano (president), Société Académique d’Histoire Internationale, Société des Américanistes (Paris), Association de la Critique Dramatique et Musicale (Paris), Círculo de Armas, Jockey Club. Member Real Academy, de la Historia (Madrid), Institute Histórico y Geográfico del Uruguay, Institute Histórico del Perú.
Married Lola Naón. Children: Lola Felisa, Pedro Julio, and Juan Pablo.