Rafael JIJENA SÁNCHEZ, Argentinian poet, professor. Awards: 1st municipal poetry prize, Buenos Aires, 1928; folklore prize, national culture commission, 1938; prize for school song, national ministry of justice and public edn., 1939. member, national commission on tradition and folklore, since 1947. Member: Society Argentina de Antropología, Folklore Society of the Americas (United States of America), Society Folklórica de México.