A Series of Verses to the Venerable Ancient Whose Portrait Hangs in the Window of a Lottery Agency

César Tiempo was the pen name of the Argentine poet, playwright, and screenwriter Israel Zeitlin, who was born in Ekaterinoslav (today, Dnipro), Ukraine, and brought to Buenos Aires as an infant. A prominent figure in Argentine literary circles, he wrote more than three dozen screenplays for the Argentine cinema. His plays and poetry feature Jewish characters and Jewish themes and were often concerned with the downtrodden and the exploited of society. He was also a vocal critic of Argentine antisemitism.