Nardo Zalko was an Argentine-French journalist, author, researcher, and historian of tango.
11 Facts About Nardo Zalko
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Nardo Zalko was raised in the porteno neighbourhood of San Cristobal, Buenos Aires.
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At 19, Nardo Zalko sailed to Israel and joined Kibbutz Ein Shemer.
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Nardo Zalko wrote for the Uruguayan weekly newspaper, Marcha, published in Montevideo, and reported on events for them such as the Eichmann trial held in Jerusalem in 1961.
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Nardo Zalko was a paratrooper in the Six-Day War of 1967 and fought on the front lines in the Battle of Ammunition Hill in Jerusalem.
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Nardo Zalko moved to Paris with his wife and three-year-old son in 1970.
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Nardo Zalko retired from the AFP as the head of AmSud in 2006.
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In 1996, Nardo Zalko became editor-in-chief of Tango, Bulletin de l'Academie du Tango de France, a publication that printed rare documents, phonograph records, sheet music, books, pictures, and photographs about tango.
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In Paris, in conjunction with the Pompidou Center, Nardo Zalko led a series of tours of places having a connection to tango.
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Nardo Zalko died in Paris in 2011 and was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery.
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Nardo Zalko was honoured by a tribute at the Argentine Embassy in Paris several months after his death.