Evaristo Carriego ( Paraná, May 7, 1883 –

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, October 13, 1912), was an Argentine

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, best known today for the biography written about him by

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known b ...

. He was an important influence on the writing of tango lyrics, and in homage the famous instrumental tango "A Evaristo Carriego" was written by Eduardo Rovira, and recorded by Orquesta

Osvaldo Pugliese Osvaldo Pedro Pugliese (Buenos Aires, December 2, 1905 – July 25, 1995, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine tango musician. He developed dramatic arrangements that retained strong elements of the walking beat of salon tango but also heralded the d ...

in 1969. He is buried at the Cementerio de la Chacarita in Buenos Aires.

Works

* ''Misas herejes'' (''Heretic Masses'') (1908) * ''La canción del barrio'' (''Slum Chant'')

References

External links

* Argentine male poets 1883 births 1912 deaths People from Paraná, Entre Ríos Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 20th-century Argentine poets 20th-century Argentine male writers {{Argentina-poet-stub