José Hernández

José Hernández was born on 10 November 1834 at the Pueyrredón chacra, near San Martín, in Buenos Aires province, according to escritores.org. As a child, he followed his family to Camarones, in the south of the province, and lived about ten years among the gauchos. A federalist, he fought at Cepeda and Pavón, then joined López Jordán; the defeat of 1871 drove him into exile in Brazil. A deputy in 1879, he took part in the debates on the founding of La Plata, according to La Nación, then entered the provincial senate in 1881. He died in his house in Belgrano on 21 October 1886.

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• PoetryThe Gaucho Martín FierroEl gaucho Martín FierroJosé Hernández · 1872LiteraturePublic domain