Haroldo Conti

Conti discovered the Paraná Delta through his future wife, Dora Campos, who took him boating there before they were married, and came to love the place he would fly over as a qualified civil pilot.

He also gave a hand in the renovation of a boat hull to launch the "Alejandra", which he kept as long as he had the money to sail her.

The novel "En vida" — translated as "In Life" and published by Immigrant Press (2018) — was awarded the Premio Barral in Spain in 1971, Mario Vargas Llosa and Gabriel García Márquez being amongst the jurors.

Conti was warned by a serving officer at the time of the military coup in March 1976 that his name was included on a list of "subversive agents".

He was detained with Marta Acuña (who managed to escape with her daughter and Ernesto) at their apartment at Fitz Roy Street 1205, Buenos Aires on May 5, a house that has since been extensively remodelled.

In 2002 a telefilm of his story, "Los perfumes de la noche" directed by Santiago Palavecino was broadcast.