Lynch was born in
Buenos Aires. He came from a family of Irish origin who settled in the
Río de la Plata region since the 18th century. They were descendants of
Patrick Lynch from
Galway. He spent his childhood and adolescence on the large country estate of his grandfather
Ventura Lynch. After the estate was sold, the family settled in
La Plata, the newly built capital of the
Buenos Aires Province. Lynch was a lifelong recluse à la
Emily Dickinson, living all his life with two unmarried sisters in a large old house in La Plata. An eccentric, Lynch's quirky short stories have been often filmed and dramatized. He wrote more than a hundred of them, most of them in a neo-
gauchoesque manner that sometimes evokes
magic realism. He also strikes a genuinely and authentically popular vein. He was also a sports fan. He played professional soccer in 1901. His club, Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, was founded in 1887 and is now the oldest professional soccer club in America. He played in the first organized match recorded in La Plata. He died in 1951 in
Mar del Plata, a seaside city in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. ==Works==