Manuel Arturo Claps, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Manuel Arturo Claps

Argentine writer

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1920

Date of Death: 03-May-1999

Profession: writer

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Manuel Arturo Claps (1920–1999) was an Argentine-Uruguayan writer. Born in Argentina, due to political reasons his family had to go in exile; they settled in Montevideo, where afterwards Claps joined the Generation of 45, a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement: Carlos Maggi, Ángel Rama, Emir Rodríguez Monegal, Idea Vilariño, Carlos Real de Azúa, Carlos Martínez Moreno, Mario Arregui, Mauricio Muller, José Pedro Díaz, Amanda Berenguer, Tola Invernizzi, Mario Benedetti, Ida Vitale, Líber Falco, Juan Cunha, Juan Carlos Onetti, among others.