{{Short description|Bolivian writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Armando Chirveches | birth_date = 1881 | birth_place = La Paz, Bolivia | death_date = {{death year and age|1926|1881}} | death_place = Paris, France | occupation = Writer | notable_works = ''Celeste'' (1905), ''La candidatura de Rojas'' (1908), ''La casa solariega'' (1916), ''La virgen del lago'' (1920) }}
'''Armando Chirveches''' (1881, La Paz, Bolivia – 1926, Paris, France) was a Bolivian writer.
He is known for novels such as ''Celeste'' (1905), ''La candidatura de Rojas'' (1908), ''La casa solariega'' (1916), ''La virgen del lago'' (1920), etc. Much of his work was published reissued recently by the Biblioteca del Bicentenario de Bolivia under the title ''Obra Reunida''. ''La candidatura de Rojas'' and ''La casa solariega'' are considered by critics to be among the best novels in Bolivian literature.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bolivia |first=Opinión |date=2018-09-30 |title=Armando Chirveches: breve anotación sobre el cinematógrafo |url=https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/ramona/armando-chirveches-breve-anotaci-oacute-n-cinemat-oacute-grafo/20180930213100678418.html |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Opinión Bolivia |language=es}}</ref>
He lived abroad for much of his life, and killed himself in Paris in 1926.
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