His uncle's extensive personal library provided the young Roa Bastos with his first exposure to the classical Spanish literature of the Baroque and Renaissance traditions that he would imitate in his early poetry throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
Hans farbrors omfattande personliga bibliotek gav den unge Roa Bastos den första inblicken i den klassiska spanska litteraturen från barocken och renässansen som han kom att imitera i sin tidiga lyrik under 1930 och 1940-talet.