José Gobello Presidente de la Academia Porteña del Lunfardo E-Mail: lunf@surdelsur.com	The Academia Porteña del Lunfardo (Buenos Aires Lunfardo Academy) was founded on December, 21, 1962, for the purpose of following up the development of popular speech in Buenos Aires and re-value certain cultural expresions -drama, tango, urban popular poetry and all the cultural streams dealing with the depiction of urban manners- which make use of a lunfardo lexicon.   It is a private institution, which is supported by around a thousand people who pay a small yearly fee in order to secure its maintenance and to finance its activities.   It is currently presided over by José Gobello. Former chairmen were José Barcia, Marcos Augusto Morínigo and Sebastián Piana.   It offers the public the free services of its library, files and lexixographic records. It edits bulletins and publications on subjects dealing with the interest of the institution.   Its headquarters are in Estados Unidos 1379, (1101) Buenos Aires, República Argentina and its phone and fax number is 4383-2393. Its opening time is everyday from 14.00 to 19.00.
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