Martín García Mérou

Martín García Mérou (Buenos Aires, — Berlin, ) was an Argentine poet, novelist and essayist, as well as a diplomat and politician, serving as Minister of Agriculture from 1900 to 1901.

His written works include Estudios literarios (1884), Libros y autores (1886), Juan Bautista Alberdi (1890), Recuerdos literarios (1891), Confidencias literarias (1894), Ensayo sobre Echeverría (1894) and El Brasil Intelectual: impresiones y notas literarias (1900). He died in Berlin at the age of 43.

He began studying law at the University of Buenos Aires, but preferred to dedicate his time to literature, publishing successive volumes of poetry. He belonged to the Scientific and Literary Circle and published in the newspaper Álbum el Hogar, edited by the poet .

In 1901, President Roca appointed him Minister of Agriculture, although he did not have any relevant performance, since he immediately led his country's delegation to the Pan-American Conference in Mexico, where he proposed establishing as a mandatory standard for all differences between countries arbitration by governments of third countries; He was strongly opposed by the American delegate. For this reason, he requested and obtained from the president the reinstatement of him as ambassador in that country, to continue his campaign in favor of the arbitration position.

In 1905 he was appointed ambassador to the German Empire, with the position of plenipotentiary minister to Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He died a few days after his arrival in Berlin, in May of that year.

Selected works Poetry Poesías (1878–1880) Nuevas Poesías (1880–1881) Varias Poesías Lavinia (poemita) Poesías (1880–1885)

Critiques Estudios literarios (1884) Libros y autores (1886) Juan Bautista Alberdi (1890) Cuadros épicos (1890) Recuerdos literarios (1890) Mis huacos (1893) Ensayo sobre Echeverría (1894) Historia de la República Argentina (1899) El Brasil intelectual (1900) Estudios americanos (1900, republished 1915) Historia de la diplomacia americana (1904) Apuntes económicos e industriales sobre los Estados Unidos (1905)