Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley

Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley, poet, essayist, historian, art and literary critic^[1][2] and diplomat born on June 9, 1905 in Rosario, Argentina. He was professor of Fine Arts, publisher, columnist and contributor in newspapers and literary magazines in Latin America. R-E Montes i Bradley held Doctorates in the Law, Diplomacy, History and International Law. He was an active member of the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature and the International Association of Critics; Correspondent Member of the National Academy of Arts and Literature of Cuba and of the National Academy of History and Geography of Mexico; Honorary Member of the Mexican Academy of Genealogy and Heraldry^[3] (Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica); member of the Sociedad Argentina de Escritores (SADE); a member of the Círculo de la Prensa and the Colegio de Abogados de la ciudad de Rosario; co-founded the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Rosario; member of the Asociación de Críticos de México. As publisher he was responsible for the Boletín de Cultura Intelectual, which he also directed; the art magazines Revista Paraná and Cuadernos del Litoral were also the result of his commitment to journalism in the arts. The last two publications were dedicated to promote the works of local artist, writers, poets in the region known as Paraná, Rosario de Santa Fe and vicinity.

In the early 1950s Montes i Bradley left Argentina like many other intellectuals, including Julio Cortázar, Osvaldo Bayer and Juan Rodolfo Wilcock and relocated in Mexico. In Mexico City Montes i Bradley befriended Alfonso Reyes, Carlos Fuentes, Diego Rivera,^[4] David Alfaro Siqueiros, Héctor Tizón amongst other players in Mexico's cultural establishment in the fifties and sixties.^[5] In 1964 he was designated Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary^[6] to the Embassy of Argentina in México. Montes i Bradley returned to Argentina in 1973. He died in Buenos Aires on November 22, 1976.

Printed Works

Bibliography

• Alabado Sea Tu Nombre, (Prise Be Thy Name) Carpetas 1 del Grillo, Rosario, 1944. Singular collection of poems. With to engravings by Juan Berlingieri. The author is listed on the front cover as R-E. Montes i Bradley. This is a unique publication registered with the Fine Arts Museum "Juan B. Castagnino" in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Each of the 90 copies is either initialed or signed by the author. In the title the author prises his wife Virginia Picot-Bonoris.^[7]
• Resurrección de Lenzoni, (The resurrection of Lenzoni). Editorial Palace, Rosario, 1945. Biographical work on Marcos Lenzoni. With florilegio and two etchings by Ricardo Warecki and Azubi Borda. Dedicated to his brother Saul. 130 pages. Index and Colofon.^[7][8][9]
• El Agricultor José de San Martín, (The Farmer). Foreword by Vicente Saenz. Dedicated to the author's parents. Editorial Perspectivas, Mexico, 1952. Partial biography of José de San Martín. Soft Cover and Hard Cover editions, both publish on the same year and both 145 pages. Index and Colofón. Hard Cover, 3000 copies, Sof Cover, 3000 copies.^{[7][10][11][12]}
• El Camino de Manuel Musto, (The Path of Manuel Musto). Hipocampo, Rosario, 1942. Foreword by Juan Filloy. Biographical work on Manuel Musto. Printed on June 30, 1942. 700 copies, rustic. Printer: Emilio Fenner, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. 190 pages. List of Illustrations, Index, Colofon.^[7]
• El Estampero Argentino de Hoy. Ediciones Conferencia, Mexico.^[7]
• Las lacas y los dibujos de Carlos Valdés Mujica. Written in collaboration with José León Pagano, Juan Filloy, Marcelo Menaché, Andrés Sabella, Fernán Félix de Amador, Santiago José Chierico, Luis Gudiño Kramer, Antonio J. Bucich, Manuel Mujica Láinez and others. (Editorial Atenea, Rosario, 1948)^[7][13]

Publications

• Revista Paraná Paraná may be considered the founder of cultural relations between cities of Rosario and Santa Fe as a cultural phenomenon in the region of Paraná. The magazine was published between 1941 and 1943 by Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley. The magazine found a place to express and disseminate works of Mateo Booz, Busaniche Jose, Olga Cosettini Elias Diaz Molano, Juan Filloy, Arturo Fruttero, Lucio Fontana, Leonidas Gambartes, Alcides Greca, Luis Gudiño Kramer, Joseph Pedroni, Irma Peirano, Julio Vanzo, and Wernicke Rosa Agustin Zapata and others.^[14]
• Boletín de Cultura Intelectual ^[15]

Journalistic Works

Journalistic activity by Montes i Bradley can be summarized in his contribution to Spanish language newspapers in Argentina before his exile in Mexico from 1951 until 1973 and during a brief period in his return to Buenos Aires in 1973 and until his death in 1976. The media in which he has worked are:Diario La Nación, Buenos Aires Diario La Capital, Rosario, Boletín de Cultura Intelectual, Rosario, Revista Paraná, Rosario, Diario Excelsior, Mexico, Diario El Nacional, Mexico, Revista Novedades, Mexico, Revista Siempre, México, Revista Hoy, México.

Notes

References

• The Thomas Osgood Bradley Foundation
• Vintage Books
• Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Rosario