Felipe Pigna

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Felipe Pigna, born in Mercedes, Buenos Aires in 1959, is an Argentine historian and writer.

He teaches at the University of Buenos Aires and the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini, directing the latter's Ver la Historia project. This produced 13 documentaries covering the 1776–2001 period of the History of Argentina. He is also a columnist, appears on radio programs, and contributes to several newspapers and magazines such as Noticias, Veintitrés and Todo es Historia, and is also the director of Caras y Caretas magazine.

He has served as a history adviser for TV networks such as HBO, People & Arts, Italy's RAI, and Spain's Antena 3. He was also a columnist of Historia Confidencial, an Argentine TV show.

Committed to popularizing history, Pigna is a CEO and writes for the historically-focused website El Historiador (The Historian). He is often seen in the media talking about historical subjects. He is the host of Vida y Vuelta, a television program of historical documentaries and interviews.

With Mario Pergolini, Pigna wrote, produced and hosted Algo Habrán Hecho por la Historia Argentina, a TV show aired in 2005 (and later released in a set of DVDs) which combines documentary, humor and free reenactments of historical events. The show granted him a Martín Fierro award, and in his speech of acceptation he dedicated the price to some of his favourite historical national heroes, namely Mariano Moreno, Juan José Castelli, Manuel Belgrano and Manuel Dorrego.

On 2005, Argentine President Néstor Kirchner offered him the chance to run for deputy in his party, but he declined the offer, arguing that despite the fact that history included politics, he was not a politician.

Some of Pigna's works include: