''Vieytes, el Desterrado'' (in Spanish "Vieytes, the Banished") is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

historical novel written by Francisco N. Juárez in 2001, narrating the life of

Hipólito Vieytes Juan Hipólito Vieytes (San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Province, 6 August 1762 – San Fernando, Argentina, 5 October 1815), was an Argentine merchant and soldier. He was the son of Juan Vieytes and Petrona Mora Fernández de Agüero. Hi ...

. The book is written from a

first-person narrative A first-person narrative (also known as a first-person perspective, voice, point of view, etc.) is a mode of storytelling in which a storyteller recounts events from that storyteller's own personal point of view, using first-person grammar su ...

, in the manner of an

autobiography An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life, providing a personal narrative that reflects on the author's experiences, memories, and insights. This genre allows individuals to share thei ...

, but it is the work of Juárez, not Vieytes himself.

Creation

Juárez wrote a biography of Vieytes at the age of 17, which was awarded but remained unpublished.Los entretelones de una doble historia
Juárez thought that Vieytes was the man that best understood the

May Revolution The May Revolution () was a week-long series of events that took place from 18 to 25 May 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, ...

and the country that would be born from it. He kept studying the procer, developing a high admiration for him "''Banished and sick after falling with Alvear's government, Vieytes was forever silenced. Shackled, tried and convicted without defense. His books and papers were confiscated and he died shortly afterwards, among fevers and madness of a great depression. If they wanted to silence him, then I thought it was appropriate to try to recover his voice in those hard times that take place, through these pages''".Desterrado y enfermo al caer con el gobierno de Alvear, Vieytes fue silenciado para siempre. Engrillado, enjuiciado y condenado sin defensa. Sus libros y papeles fueron incautados y murió inmediatamente envuelto por fiebres y los desvaríos de una gran depresión. Si lo quisieron acallar entonces me pareció oportuno tratar de recuperar su voz en los duros tiempos que corren, a través de estas página
Los entretelones de una doble historia
/ref> Juárez studied much about Vieytes at the General National Archive, and found his birth-certificate at

San Antonio de Areco San Antonio de Areco is a city in northern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and administrative seat of the Partidos of Buenos Aires, partido of San Antonio de Areco Partido, San Antonio de Areco. It is located on the Areco River away from Bueno ...

, birth city of Vieytes. He also found information at the local church. However, much valuable material was lost during a fire of June 16, 1955.

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Un oculto héroe de mayo
{{in lang, es Works about the Argentine War of Independence Argentine historical novels 2001 Argentine novels

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