Bartolomé Hidalgo
Bartolomé José Hidalgo (24 August 1788 in Montevideo – 28 November 1822 in Morón) was a Uruguayan writer and poet. • Illustration — Monument to Bartolomé Hidalgo in Montevideo. Alongside Hilario Ascasubi he is considered one of the initiators of Gaucho literature. Nowadays the most important literary award in Uruguay is named after him: Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo.
Also recorded as Bartolome Hidalgo
Bartolomé Hidalgo
Ramón Bauzá · photo by Andrea Mazza · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1788 · Montevideo.
- Died
- 1822 · Morón.
- Nationality
- Uruguay
- Occupation
- writer · poet
- Fields
- gaucho
- Languages
- Spanish
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Bartolomé Hidalgo, born in 1788 and died in 1822, is documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Also the National Route 13 and a park near Andresito are named after him.
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1788
Bartolomé Hidalgo born at Montevideo.
1822
Bartolomé Hidalgo died at Morón.
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- En la voz del gaucho: sobre la figura del indio en la gauchesca de Bartolomé Hidalgo, Recial, 2023
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