Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley

R-E Montes i Bradley
Head Shot, c.1952
Head Shot, c.1952
Born(1905-06-09)June 9, 1905
Rosario, Argentina
DiedNovember 22, 1976(1976-11-22) (aged 71)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
SpouseVirginia Picot
ChildrenRodolfo Montes i Picot
RelativesEduardo Montes-Bradley, Eduardo Bradley Juan Alberto Montes

Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley, poet, essayist, art historian, and literary critic[1][2] and diplomat born on June 9, 1905, in Rosario, Argentina. He was Honorary Consul of México in Rosario,[3] professor of Fine Arts, publisher, columnist and contributor in newspapers and literary magazines in Latin America. R-E Montes i Bradley held Doctorates in the Law, Diplomacy, History and International Law. He was an active member of the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature and the International Association of Critics; Correspondent Member of the National Academy of Arts and Literature of Cuba and of the National Academy of History and Geography of Mexico; Honorary Member of the Mexican Academy of Genealogy and Heraldry[4] (Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica); member of the Sociedad Argentina de Escritores (SADE); a member of the Círculo de la Prensa and the Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Rosario; co-founded the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Rosario; member of the Asociación de Críticos de México. As publisher, he was responsible for the Boletín de Cultura Intelectual, which he also directed; the art magazines Revista Paraná and Cuadernos del Litoral were also the result of his commitment to journalism in the arts. The last two publications were dedicated to promote the works of local artist, writers, poets in the region known as Paraná, Rosario de Santa Fe and vicinity.[5]

In 1951, Montes i Bradley moved to Mexico City.[6][7] In 1964, he was designated Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[8] to the Embassy of Argentina in México. Montes i Bradley returned to Argentina in 1973. He died in Buenos Aires on November 22, 1976.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Reseña histórica de la difusión cultural en la Universidad Autónoma..." by Irma Margarita Pompa del Angel. Departamento de Difusión Cultural, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2000. Original available from University of Texas
  2. ^ "Santa Fe en la literatura" by Felipe Justo Cervera, Graciela F. de Cocco, Graciela F. de; Pavan Cocco, Elda Maria, Elda Maria Pavan. Ediaicones sistemas de apoyo educativo, 1989.
  3. ^ Nacion Apache. Montes i Bradley y las artes plásticas by Juan Filloy
  4. ^ "Genealogías argentinas" by Lucio Ricardo Pérez Calvo. Original available from University of Texas
  5. ^ Gilberto González y Contreras. "Correo Indoamericano", Tribuna del Pensamiento Libre. Isuue # 9. Page 15. México.
  6. ^ "Revista "Universidad" by Universidad de Nuevo León, Universidad de León, Universidad de Nuevo León Departamento de Acción Social Universitaria, 1944. Original available from the University of Michigan
  7. ^ "Fuentes de la historia contemporánea de México" by Stanley Robert Ross. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1978. Original available from the University of Michigan
  8. ^ Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República Argentina. Archivo.
  9. ^ Sasturain, Juan. “Pierce en Rosario”. Página|12, February 24, 2014
  10. ^ Montes i Bradley's Editorial Projects, 2020 En Claves del Pensamiento. Revista de Filosof'ia, Arte, Literatura, Historia. Año XV, Num. 29, 2021.