''The Romance of a Gaucho'' (Spanish: ''El romance de un gaucho'') is a 1930 novel by the Argentine writer

Benito Lynch Benito Lynch (25 July 1885 - 23 December 1951) was an Argentine novelist and short story writer. Biography Lynch was born in Buenos Aires. He came from a family of Irish origin who settled in the Río de la Plata region since the 18th century. T ...

. It forms part of the

Gaucho literature Gaucho literature, also known as gauchesco ("gauchoesque") genre was a literary movement purporting to use the language of the gauchos, comparable to the American cowboy, and reflecting their mentality. Although earlier works have been identified a ...

movement of the era.Torres-Rioseco p.163 In 1961 the novel was adapted into a film of the same title directed by

Rubén W. Cavallotti Rubén W. Cavallotti (Montevideo, 1924 - Buenos Aires, 1999) was a Uruguayan-born film director from Argentina. Filmography * '' Cinco gallinas y el cielo'' - 1957 * '' Prisoner 1040 (Procesado 1040)'' - 1958 * '' Gringalet'' - 1959 * ''Luna Park' ...

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* Torres-Rioseco, Arturo. ''The Epic of Latin American Literature''. University of California Press, 1961. 1930 Argentine novels Novels set in Argentina Novels by Benito Lynch Argentine novels adapted into films Gaucho culture {{1930s-novel-stub