Author · Costa Rica
Carlos Gagini
Died in 1925
Carlos Gagini was born on 15 March 1865 in San José, into a family of Swiss descent. A teacher of Castilian, he headed the Liceo de Costa Rica and the institute of Alajuela, then the teacher training college. A philologist, he published two dictionaries of the peculiarities of Costa Rican speech, studied Indian languages and defended Esperanto; he also edited several journals. In 1894 he took part in the controversy over national literature. He died in San José on 31 March 1925.
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- NovelLa caída del águilaCarlos Gagini · 1920not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain