Oscar Masotta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oscar Masotta

Argentine writer

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1930

Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date of Death: 13-Sep-1979

Profession: psychoanalyst, literary critic, philosopher

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Oscar Abelardo Masotta (1930–1979) was an Argentine essayist, teacher, semiotician, art critic and psychoanalyst.
Masotta was involved in the expressions of the artistic vanguard of the Instituto Di Tella in the '60s.
He helped introduce the theories of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan to Argentina and the Spanish-speaking world.