Tomás Eloy Martínez was born on July 16, 1934 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina. He was a writer, known for El demonio en la sangre (1964), La madre María (1974) and El último piso (1962). He was married to Gabriela Esquivada, Susana Rotker-Martinez and Lilian von Ziegler.