Estanislao del Campo

Estanislao del Campo was born in Buenos Aires on 7 February 1834, according to Britannica and the Argentine government, into a patrician family. After literary studies and a spell in trade, according to La Nación, he joined Mitre's party and defended the State of Buenos Aires at the battles of Cepeda and Pavón; he became a captain in 1861 and a colonel in 1874. A journalist and civil servant, he signed his gauchesque verses with the name Anastasio el Pollo. He died in Buenos Aires on 6 November 1880.

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• PoetryFaustoEstanislao del Campo · 1866not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain