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Argentina • 1887−1963

Biography and information

He was an Argentine painter, sculptor, writer, musician, astrologer, esotericist, inventor, and linguist.

He was friends with writers belonging to both the Martinfierista generation and the Grupo Sur (Jorge Luis Borges, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Macedonio Fernández, Oliverio Girondo, Leopoldo Marechal, among others).

In the pictorial field he shared his works with Argentine painters such as Antonio Berni, Emilio Pettoruti and Raúl Soldi.

Connoisseur of approximately 20 languages, such as French, Italian, English, Japanese, Sanskrit, Aramaic, Guarani, German, Russian, among others, he managed to create two constructed languages: Panlanguage and Neo-Creole. He also highlighted his inventive work creating pan-chess and a piano keyboard consisting of three rows of colored keys and reliefs with a six-note musical scale.