Overview

• Rector Ricardo Gelpi, Dean Ricardo Manetti and Vice Dean Graciela Morgade formally conferred the Doctor Honoris Causa in Aula 108 of the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras.
• Daniel Guebel praised Caparrós as 'our Balzac' during his laudatio, highlighting the author’s influence on Argentine cultural discourse.
• Caparrós’s four-decade career includes over 40 books and awards such as the Konex and Ortega y Gasset, alongside academic tenure and periods of exile.
• In his acceptance speech, Caparrós declared 'Fracasamos la Argentina y yo; en ese orden,' urging collective reflection on personal and national setbacks.
• The ceremony underscored the University of Buenos Aires’s role as a resilient public institution facing political and financial challenges.