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Biographical Note
Alcides Arguedas (born 15 July 1879, La Paz, Bolivia--died 8 May, 1946, Chulumani, Bolivia) studied law and political science at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and sociology in Paris. Arguedas had an active career in government as a leader of the Liberal party and as a diplomat, representing Bolivia in London, Paris, Colombia, and Venezuela. In his scholarly writings on Bolivian history and society, Arguedas focused on the plight of the indigenous population, an interest also reflected in his novels. His best-known work is the novel Raza de bronce (1919).