Adolfo Costa du Rels

Adolfo Costa du Rels was born in Sucre on 19 June 1891, to a French father who came from Corsica and a Bolivian mother. He grew up in Corsica, then studied literature and law in France. Back in Bolivia, he prospected for oil in the forests of the south-east. A diplomat, he long represented his country at the Assembly of the League of Nations, defended its cause there during the Chaco War and in 1940 presided over the Council of the League. Ambassador to Argentina, he wrote the greater part of his work in French, and died in 1980.

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• NovelBewitched LandsTerres embraséesAdolfo Costa du Rels · 1931Literature