I’m going to tell a true story, but I won’t start with Noah’s Ark and the genealogy of his forefathers, as is usual among the ancient Spanish historians of America, who we consider our prototypes.
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| Birth: | 2nd September, 1805 |
| Death: | 19th January, 1851 |
| Nationality: | Argentinean |
| Profession: | Poet, Writer |
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José Esteban Antonio Echeverría was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and political activist who played a significant role in the development of Argentine literature, not only through his own writings but also through his organizational efforts. Echeverría's renown as a writer rests largely on his powerful short story El matadero, a landmark in the history of Latin American literature. Echeverría's La cautiva, a long narrative poem about a white woman abducted by Mapuche Indians, is also among the better-known works of 19th-century Latin American literature.
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