Roberto Arlt was an Argentinian writer, journalist and dramatist.
Among other topics, his writings examined the lives of European immigrants in Buenos Aires at the start of the 20th century.
Arlt was a member of the literary group Boedo, viewed as part of the Argentinian avant-garde and one of two key groups of Argentinian writers in the 1920s.
Arlt is viewed as the father of Argentinian urban literature.

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