| Toqa Hesham |
An Argentine novelist, short story writer, and journalist, born in Mendoza, Argentina. His novel Zama was adapted into a movie in 2017. Antonio refused to reside in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, which was the center of culture, which caused him to lose his opportunity for fame. In the sixties and seventies, Di Benedetto did not achieve much fame in his life, but his works have become classics of literature written in Spanish. In 1976, when a military coup took place and overthrew the Argentine government, Di Benedetto was arrested only hours later for no apparent reason. Di Benedetto remained in prison for eighteen months, during which he was tortured and mocked for murder. On one occasion, he was taken to death row while blindfolded, and in 1977, some writers intervened to get him released. He left the country immediately after his release from prison for Spain, resided in Madrid, and did not return to Argentina until 1984, a year after the fall of the military regime. He then decided to try life in Buenos Aires, but he died only two years later on October 10, 1986, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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