At the age of 20 he published his first poem book, "Cuentos Nuevos", which introduced him to the literature field, A field to which he dedicated all the years of his life, writing many works that were happily received, such as "Zorazábal su vida y su Obra" or the first " Gran diccionario Castellano – Guaraní", which was greatly used in didactic, and which has overcome its tenths edition His love for writing didn't stop and he made a profession out of it, once installed in the Argentinian capital city, where he lived most of his life, he got jobs which demonstrated his good preparation in this field, since he was the corrector of two of the most important written press outlets in Argentina, the newspapers La NACION and La RAZON.
Antonio Ortiz Mayans, died in Buenos Aires, on May 7, 1995, and due to his poetic works has been granted mentions in many countries such as: Uruguay, United States, Bolivia and Argentina, as a fair award for somebody who did a lot for the Paraguayan culture.
This last great actor in the Argentinian capital, in activities related to art was one of the founders of Sociedades Argentinas de Autores y Compositores ( SADAIC) Antonio Ortiz Mayans was not the exception and the previous facts surrounding the confrontation between Bolivia and Paraguay, such as the students’ manifestation in front of the government house, on October 23, 1931, which was cruelly repressed by the presidential guard, was one of the reasons of his going away from his country almost for ever.
After the facts on October 23, 1931, with the students of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, in front of the government house, who demanded the president of the republic, José Patricio Guggiari, concrete actions to defend the chaco territory, always wanted by the Bolivians, which later derived in the massacre of many young students who were killed with machineguns in front of the government house, Antonio Ortiz Mayans had to go on exile to Argentina, where he lived for the rest of his life, developing in the neighboring country a very intense literary work, didactic and journalistic.
“No Despunta aun el alba cuando inicias tú la marcha y al mercado te diriges a llevar mba`erepy, no haces caso de la lluvia ni te importa si la escarcha, solo pueden depararte el dolor de un mba`asy", said the first words of his song "Burrerita", one of his mainly spread Works, whose music was componed by Félix Pérez Cardozo, Demetrio Ortiz, Luis Alberto del Paraná, Emigdio Ayala Báez, Remberto Giménez, Herminio Giménez y Florentín Giménez, among others we can mention "Pasionaria", "Barrerita", "Bajo el Cielo del Paraguay", "Asuncena", "Quyquyhó", with music of Francisco Alvarenga.