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| | ASSIS, Joaquim Maria Machado de, Holograph Manuscript of the poem Uma creatura. [sic] |
 | | As a minister of the government of Argentina in 1900, he was one of the signers of the decree that established the Argentine National Anthem. |
 | | During his time as a diplomat in Asunción, Paraguay, he was a constant friend and companion of an aged Argentine icon, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and he commited his memories of those days to writting as well. |
 | | A brilliant diplomat, he dedicated most of his leisure time to the study of Brazilian Literature, and it is in no small way thanks to him that many Brazilian authors were introduce by him to the Argentine, and in general, to Spanish American readers. |
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