H. A. Murena

Héctor Alberto Álvarez Murena (1923–1975), better known under his pen name of H. A. Murena, was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet, and translator. He wrote over twenty books on various topics, and was an important disseminator of German thought into the Spanish-speaking world. He is perhaps best remembered for Las Leyes de la Noche, translated into English as The Laws of the Night. In addition to his books, Murena was a contributor to the Argentinian literary review Sur, and to Argentinian newspaper La Nación.

Murena was married to Argentine author Sara Gallardo from 1970 until his death in 1975.

Works

Prose First Testament (Primer testamento), 1946 Fragments of the secret annals (Fragmentos de los anales secretos), 1948 The fate of the bodies ( La fatalidad de los cuerpos), 1955 The Center of Hell (El centro del infierno), 1957 Homo Atomicus (Homo atómicus), 1962 Essays on subversion (Ensayos sobre subversión), 1962 The original sin of America (El pecado original de América), 1965 The secret name (El nombre secreto), 1969 Epitalámica, 1969 The Cavalry Colonel and Other Stories (El coronel de caballería y otros relatos), 1971 The prison of the mind (La cárcel de la mente), 1971 Metaphor and the sacred (La metáfora y lo sagrado), 1973 The Clear Secret. Dialogues with D. J. Vogelman (El secreto claro. Diálogos con D. J. Vogelman), 1979

Poetry The New Life (La nueva vida), 1951 The Circle of Paradises (El círculo de los paraísos), 1958 The Scandal and the Fire (El escándalo y el fuego), 1959 The Demon of Harmony (El demonio de la armonía), 1964 F. G.: a Barbarian Among Beauty (F. G. : un bárbaro entre la belleza), 1972 The Eagle That Disappears (El águila que desaparece), 1975

Play The Judge (El juez)