Alberto Nin Frías (Montevideo, 9 November 1878 – Suardi, Santa Fe, Argentina, 27 March 1937) was a Uruguayan writer,[1][2] lecturer and journalist.[3] Among other topics, he is noted for his work on homoeroticism.
Alberto Nin Frias was born on 9 of November 1878 in Montevideo. His parents were Dr. Alberto Nin (1853—1919), a member of the Supreme Court of Uruguay and diplomat, and his wife Matilde Frías Nin.
As his father was a diplomat, Nin Frias spent most of his childhood abroad. At age eight, his family was living in London. They later moved to Brussels and Bern.
In 1898, Nin Frias returned to Montevideo. He would work there as a writer,[5] teacher, librarian, and journalist.[6]
His literary work deals with topics as varied as English literature, the tree, religion, Greece, customs and eroticism. His book "Created Homosexualism" and Alexis or the meaning of the homosexual temperament (the real title of the book is Alexis or the meaning of the Uranus temperament. 1932, Madrid: Morata) are his most widespread works.
Selected works
Ensayos de crítica e historia (two volumes, 1904, 1906)
El cristianismo del punto de mira intellectual (1908)
Sordello Andrea (Novela de la vida interior) (1912)
Marcos, amador de la belleza (1913)
Como me allegué a Cristo (1917)
Un huerto de manzanos (1919)
El carácter inglés y la novela (1924)
Alexis o el significado del temperamento urano (1932). Madrid: Morata
Homosexualismo creador (1933). Madrid: Morata
El culto al árbol (1933)
Tres expressiones del espíritu andaluz (1935)
Alexis o el significado del temperamento homosexual (1933, re-edition 1935)
Current interest in his work
His life and his literary work, particularly related to homoeroticism, has begun to be the object of study and analysis, being referenced in works such as
Histories of Private Life in Uruguay by Hugo Achugar, published in 1998
Amor y transgresión by José Pedro Barrán, published in 2001
La degeneración del 900 by Carla Giaudrone, published in 2005
Diary of a dying democrat, fictional work by Fernando Loustaunau, published in 2006,
Assandri, José; Brecha, January 4, 2008 edition, pp. 22 and 23. Available online at [4]
Apolant, Juan Alejandro; in "Genesis of the Uruguayan family. The inhabitants of Montevideo in their first 40 years, filiations, ancestry, connections, descendants" (vol. 3, ed. Librería Adolfo Linardi, year 1975).
García Rodríguez, José Carlos; in "Pedro Badanelli, the Spanish cassock of Perón",[7] ed. Akrón, Astorga, 2008, pp. 64 to 68.
García Rodríguez, José Carlos; en "Badanelli, albacea literario de Nin Frías" (Capítulo III de Pedro Badanelli, el presbítero de Perón) epub, RD Editores, Sevilla, 2014. ISBN9788415658559.
Goldaracena, Ricardo; en "El libro de los linajes. Familias históricas uruguayas del siglo XIX" (vol. 5, ed. Arca, año 2002).
Hugh, Hagius y Marta Pesce de Bargellini; en "Alberto Nin Frías. Vida y Obras" (año 2009).
Horan Elizabeth. "On the trees and the screen. Viril Friendship through Alberto Nin Frías and Gabriela Mistral"[8](year 2017).
Institute of Genealogical Studies of Uruguay in "Revista del [...]" (No. 13-17, ed. The Institute, year 1991).
Nin Gastón A.; In "Federico Nin Reyes and the genesis of the meat-packing industry. Regarding an erroneous historical statement by Dr. Ramón J. Cárcano" (ed. C. García, 352 pp., year 1919).
