Ernesto Sabato is an Argentine writer of Italian and Arbëreshë (Italian Albanian) descent. He began his studies at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, where he earned a Ph.D. in Physics. He then attended the Sorbonne in Paris and worked at the Curie Institute. After World War II, he lost faith in science and started writing. He published his first novel "El Túnel" (translated as "The Outsider" or "The Tunnel"). Wikipedia
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