Uncomfortable relations: writers, work and money in the 1920s. The case of Nicolás Olivari

  • Sara Bosoer Universidad Nacional de La Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19137/anclajes-2015-1912

Keywords:

1920s, professionalization, cultural market, journalism, Nicolás Olivari

Abstract

In the 1920s, Olivari´s work as well as his trajectory allows to study the always intricate relations between literature and money. At a time marked by the modernization process and the enlargement of the cultural field, there was a change in the modes of imagining and building the social identity of the writer, who also had to ensure his/her source of revenue.  In this context, the “worker writer” and/or the “journalist writer” figures emerged as some complex and unstable answers the culture producers rehearsed.

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Author Biography

Sara Bosoer, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Doctora en Letras y docente de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, miembro del Centro de Teoría y Crítica Literaria de dicha institución. En su tesis doctoral estudió la obra de Nicolás Olivari, las vanguardias y el campo cultural argentino de la década de 1920. Ha publicado artículos en revistas especializadas y participado en congresos comunicando los avances de esta investigación. Asimismo, desarrolló una extensa producción dedicada a la enseñanza de la literatura en el nivel preuniversitario.

Published

2015-02-15

How to Cite

Bosoer, S. (2015). Uncomfortable relations: writers, work and money in the 1920s. The case of Nicolás Olivari. Anclajes , 19(1), 14–25. https://doi.org/10.19137/anclajes-2015-1912