Rafael Barrett

Who was Rafael Barrett?

Rafael Barrett, complete name Rafael Ángel Jorge Julián Barrett y Álvarez de Toledo, was a Spanish writer, narrator, essayist and journalist, who developed most of his literary production in Paraguay, becoming an important figure of the Paraguayan literature during the twentieth century. He is particularly known for his stories and essays with profound philosophical content that exposed a vitalism that in some way anticipated existentialism. His philosophical and political statements in favor of anarchism are also well known.