Ernesto Sabato headed the main commission that investigated killings in Argentina under military rule Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato has died at the age of 99 at his home near Buenos Aires, his wife has said.
The writer’s wife, Elvira Gonzalez Fraga, said he had had bronchitis.
He won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature, but he was also known for his criticism of military regimes in Latin America.
He headed the commission that investigated the killings of thousands of people under Argentina’s military rule in the 1970s and ’80s.
His works include The Tunnel (1948), On Heroes and Tombs (1961) and The Angel of Darkness (1974).
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