Abelardo Castillo was born on March 27, 1935, in the city of San Pedro, Buenos Aires and died on May 2, 2017.
He was an Argentine writer, novelist, and essayists.
He was also amateur boxing in his youth.
Castillo also directed the literary magazines El Escarabajo de Oro and El Ornitorrinco.
Castillo was well regarded in the field of Latin American literature.
During 2014, Castillo won the Diamond Konex Award as the best writer in the last decade in Argentina.
Abelardo Castillo passed away at 82 years old.