Alberto Nin Frías

Alberto Nin Frías (Montevideo, 9 November 1878 – Suardi, Santa Fe, Argentina, 27 March 1937) was a Uruguayan writer,[1][2] lecturer and journalist.

Nin Frias also served as a diplomat for Uruguay in the United States, Brazil, Chile and Argentina.

As his father was a diplomat, Nin Frias spent most of his childhood abroad.

On 27 March 1937, Nin Frias died in poverty in Suardi, Argentina under the protection of the priest Pedro Badanelli.

His literary work deals with topics as varied as English literature, the tree, religion, Greece, customs and eroticism.