Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context_1 : Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 American action film and the third in the "Die Hard" film series. It was co-produced and directed by John McTiernan (who directed "Die Hard"), written by Jonathan Hensleigh, and stars Bruce Willis as New York City Police Department Lieutenant John McClane, Samuel L. Jackson as McClane's reluctant partner Zeus Carver, and Jeremy Irons as Simon Gruber. It was released on May 19, 1995, five years after "Die Hard 2", becoming the highest-grossing film at the worldwide box-office that year, but received mixed reviews. It was followed by "Live Free or Die Hard" and "A Good Day to Die Hard" in 2007 and 2013, respectively. Context_2 : Julian Knowle and Philipp Oswald were the defending champions, but Oswald chose not to compete this year.<br>Knowle instead competed with Marcelo Demoliner. Demoliner and Knowle lost in the first round to Facundo Bagnis and Sergio Galdós. Context_3 : Männer haben kein Gehirn (Men don't have Brains) is a promotional audiobook by German punk rock band Die Ärzte. It is a sampler of the 2001 "Lese-Tour" ("reading tour") "Die Ärzte - Hören, Sehen, Sagen ... Nicht! - Die Lesetour" featuring Markus Karg, the author of the official biography "Ein überdimensionales Meerschwein frisst die Erde auf". The original promo CD was only released for official fan club members, however, the audio files can still be downloaded from the band's official homepage. Context_4 : Amalia is a 19th-century political novel written by the exiled Argentine author José Marmol. First published serially in the Montevideo weekly, "Amalia" (1851) became Argentina's national novel. Along with Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's Facundo, "Amalia" can be seen as an early precursor to the Latin American dictator novel through its strong criticism of caudillo Juan Manuel de Rosas, who ruled Argentina with a strong fist from 1829 to 1852. Context_5 : Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism (original Spanish title: Facundo: Civilización i Barbarie) is a book written in 1845 by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and journalist who became the seventh president of Argentina. It is a cornerstone of Latin American literature: a work of creative non-fiction that helped to define the parameters for thinking about the region's development, modernization, power, and culture. Subtitled "Civilization and Barbarism", "Facundo" contrasts civilization and barbarism as seen in early 19th-century Argentina. Literary critic Roberto González Echevarría calls the work "the most important book written by a Latin American in any discipline or genre". Context_6 : Facundo Bagnis and Eduardo Schwank were the defending champions, but they did not participate this year. Context_7 : Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (February 15, 1811 – September 11, 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to political philosophy and history. He was a member of a group of intellectuals, known as the "Generation of 1837", who had a great influence on nineteenth-century Argentina. He was particularly concerned with educational issues and was also an important influence on the region's literature. Context_8 : Wilhelm Otto (WO) Kühne (1924–1988) award-winning author of children's literature and editor of "Die Jongspan" and "Die Burger" in Cape Town, South Africa. He was one of the first children's authors in the Afrikaans language. The most notable of his books are the "Huppelkind" series and "Die wonderbaarlike motor van Barnabas Bombas" (1981). Kühne won the inaugural C. P. Hoogenhout Award for Afrikaans children's literature for his book "Huppel verjaar". His wife, the illustrator Dorothy Hill, illustrated the entire "Huppelkind" series as well as other of his books and was an illustrator for "Die Burger" and Die Jongspan. Context_9 : Tony Newton (born April 2, 1979 in Cambridge) is a producer, director, and writer, known for Grindsploitation: The Movie, 60 Seconds to Die and 60 Seconds 2 Die. He is known as the producer The films Virus of the Dead, Grindsploitation, 60 Seconds to Die, Die Gest: Flesh Feast, VHS Lives: A Schlockumentary. Also author of the books The Zombie Rule Book, The Zombie Rule Book 2, # I'm Zombie and screenwriter. Context_10 : Laurent Recouderc was the defending champion, but he chose not to compete this year.Pere Riba won in the final 6–0, 6–3 against Facundo Bagnis. fact_1 : Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism (original Spanish title: Facundo: Civilización i Barbarie) is a book written in 1845 by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a writer and journalist who became the seventh president of Argentina. fact_2 : Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (February 15, 1811 – September 11, 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the seventh President of Argentina. Question: In what year did the author of Facundo die?
Output (English): 1888