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Borges On Martín Fierro
''Borges on Martín Fierro'' concerns Argentine Jorge Luis Borges's comments on José Hernández's nineteenth-century poem ''Martín Fierro''. Like most of his compatriots, Borges was a great admirer of this work, which he often characterized as the one clearly great work in Argentine literature. Because ''Martín Fierro'' has been widely considered (beginning with Leopoldo Lugones's ''El Payador'', 1916) the fountainhead or pinnacle of Argentine literature, Argentina's ''Don Quixote'' or ''Divine Comedy'', and because Borges was certainly Argentina's greatest twentieth-century writer, Borges's 1953 book of essays about the poem and its critical and popular reception–''El "Martín Fierro"'' (written with Margarita Guerrero)—gives insight into Borges's identity as an Argentine. The poem's central character, Martín Fierro, is a gaucho, a free, poor, ''pampas''-dweller, who is illegally drafted to serve at a border fort defending against Indian attacks. He eventually deserts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilario Ascasubi
Hilario Ascasubi (1807 – November 17, 1875) was an Argentine poet, politician and diplomat. He played an active role in the resistance to the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas. Ascasubi was also a prominent figure in gaucho literature. Biography Ascasubi was born in the back of a horse-drawn cart during a thunderstorm, in Bell Ville, Córdoba, while his mother was on her way to a wedding in Buenos Aires. Although in his later years, the poet was associated with the countryside, he spent his early years in the cities, particularly Buenos Aires and Córdoba. In 1821, he boarded a ship heading to France. The ship was hijacked and diverted to Lisbon. He escaped, went to France, and lived there for two years. In the 1820s, he joined the military and fought Brazil. He then fought in the Argentine Civil War. When he started writing against Juan Manuel de Rosas, he was exiled in Montevideo, Uruguay. There he continued writing poetry and ran a bakery shop. He also founded a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Works By Jorge Luis Borges
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Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
Ezequiel Martínez Estrada (September 14, 1895 – November 4, 1964) was an Argentine writer, poet, essayist, and literary critic. An admired biographer and critic, he was often political in his writings, and was a confirmed anti- Peronist. While in his middle years he was identified with the ideas of Nietzsche or Kafka, in his last years he was closely identified with the Cuban revolution and Fidel Castro. Life Originally from rural Argentina, Martínez Estrada was born in San José de la Esquina, in Santa Fe Province and grew up until the age of twelve there and in Goyena, a village in the southern reaches of Buenos Aires province. (In 1937, he would buy a farm in Goyena). In 1907, his parents separated, and he went to live with his aunt Elisa in Buenos Aires, and to study at the Colegio Avellaneda. It appears that his formal studies were cut short due to poverty. By 1914 he was working at the central post office in Buenos Aires; he would remain in Buenos Aires until retiring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleuterio Tiscornia
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Spain
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Miguel De Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (; ; 29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca. His major philosophical essay was ''The Tragic Sense of Life'' (1912), and his most famous novels were '' Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion'' (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story, and ''Mist'' (1914), which Literary Encyclopedia calls "the most acclaimed Spanish Modernist novel". Biography Miguel de Unamuno was born in Bilbao, a port city of the Basque Country, Spain, the son of Félix de Unamuno and Salomé Jugo. As a young man, he was interested in the Basque language, which he could speak, and competed for a teaching position in the ''Instituto de Bilbao'' against Sabino Arana. The contest was finally won by the Basque scholar Resurrección María de Azkue. Unamuno worked in all major genres: the essay, the novel, poetry, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Rossi
Vicente is a Spanish and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Places *São Vicente, Cape Verde, an island in Cape Verde People Given Name * Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984), Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate * Vicente Álvarez Travieso, first alguacil mayor (1731–1779) of San Antonio, Texas * Vicente Aranda (1926–2015), Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer * Vicente del Bosque (born 1950), former Spanish footballer and former manager of the Spain national football team * José Vicente Féliz, American settler * Vicente Fernández (1940–2021), Mexican retired singer, actor, and film producer * Vicente Fox (born 1942), Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico * Juan Vicente Gómez (1857–1935), Venezuelan military dictator * Vicente Gonçalves de Paula (1949–2011), Brazilian footballer * Vicente Guai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calixto Oyuela
Calixto Oyuela (1857 - June 12, 1935) was an Argentina, Argentine poet and essayist. Early life Calixto was a lawyer by training. He worked for some years as a lawyer before turning to teaching and literary criticism. He then traveled across Europe, in the process earning the membership of the Argentine diplomatic corps. He also rapidly gained renown as a scholar. He became a Professor of Spanish Literature at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, National College of Buenos Aires. He also held the position of director of the National Conservatory and also of the Spanish Academy of Language. He was appointed as the first president of the Academia Argentina de Letras and the Ateneo de Buenos Aires. During his lifetime Calixto was celebrated as one of Argentina's best scholars and a prominent figure in the country's cultural renewal. Works Oyuela remains one of Argentina's most celebrated poets. Works like “Art Canto” (1881), “Eros and Songs” (1891), “Songs of Autumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Rojas (writer)
Ricardo Rojas (16 September 1882, in San Miguel de Tucumán – 29 July 1957, in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine writer, including journalist, and educator. Biography Rojas came from one of the most influential families of the Santiago del Estero Province; his father was Absalón Rojas, who was governor of the province. He moved to Buenos Aires to further his education, later becoming rector of the University of Buenos Aires The University of Buenos Aires (, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the second-oldest university in the country, and the largest university of the country by enrollment. Established in 1821 ... from 1926 to 1930. He was also the director of the Institute of Petroleum (see Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales). Works * ''Victoria del Hombre'' (1903) * ''El país de la Selva'' (1907) * ''Cartas de Europa'' (1908) * ''El Alma Española'' (1908) * ''Cosmópolis'' (1908) * ''La Restauración Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estanislao Del Campo
Estanislao del Campo (February 7, 1834 – November 6, 1880) was an Argentine poet. Born in Buenos Aires to a unitarian family, he fought in the battles of Cepeda and Pavón, defending Buenos Aires. He is best remembered for his 1866 satirical poem ''Fausto'' which describes the impressions of a gaucho who goes to see Charles Gounod's opera ''Faust'', believing the events really to be happening. He also published his ''Collected Poems'' in 1870. A street in the San Isidro neighbourhood in Buenos Aires is named after him. Estanislao del Campo is also the name of a small cotton-producing town in Formosa Province, Argentina. Works *''Los debates de Mitre'' (1857) *''Carta de Anastasio el Pollo sobre el beneficio de la Sra. La Grúa'' (1857) *''Fausto, Impresiones del gaucho Anastasio el Pollo en la representación de la ópera'' (1866) *''Poesías'' (1870, prologue by José Mármol) See also * Argentine literature Argentine literature, i.e. the set of literary works pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payada
The ''payada'' is a folk music tradition native to Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and south Paraguay as part of the Gaucho culture and Gaucho literature. In Chile it is called ''paya'' and performed by ''huasos''. It is a performance of improvised ten-line verse called ''décimas'' usually accompanied by guitar. The performer is called a "''payador''", albeit any guitar performer in the region is called by the same name. In performances of two or more ''payadores'' (the "''payada''"), known as ''contrapunto'', they will compete to produce the most eloquent verse, each answering questions posed by the other, often insulting. The durations of these verse duels can be exceedingly long, often many hours, and they end when one ''payador'' fails to respond immediately to his opponent. Musical styles often used in the ''payada'' are the ''cifra'', the ''huella'' and the ''Milonga (music), milonga''. History The work of Bartolomé Hidalgo (born in Montevideo in 1788) is consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
