José Hernández
José Hernández (born José Rafael Hernández y Pueyrredón; 10 November 1834 in Chacras del Perdriel – 21 October 1886 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine journalist, poet, and politician best known as the author of the epic poem Martín Fierro. In his tribute, his birthday is celebrated in Argentina as a national holiday, called Tradition Day.
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- Name
- José Hernández
- Birth Name
- José Rafael Hernández y Pueyrredón
- Born
- 10 November 1834
- Birthplace
- near San Martín, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Died
- 21 October 1886
- Place of death
- Belgrano, Argentina
- Movement
- National Autonomist Party
- Full name
- José Rafael Hernández.
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Occupation
- writer · journalist · poet · politician · military personnel · stenographer · merchant
- Fields
- gaucho
- Known for
- La vuelta de Martín Fierro
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José Hernández (born José Rafael Hernández y Pueyrredón; 10 November 1834 in Chacras del Perdriel – 21 October 1886 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine journalist, poet, and politician best known as the author of the epic poem Martín Fierro. In his tribute, his birthday is celebrated in Argentina as a national holiday, called Tradition Day.
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• Name — José Hernández • Birth Name — José Rafael Hernández y Pueyrredón • Born — 10 November 1834 • Birthplace — near San Martín, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina • Died — 21 October 1886 • Place of death — Belgrano, Argentina • Resting Place — La Recoleta Cemetery • Genre — Gaucho literature • Movement — National Autonomist Party • Notable Works — Martín Fierro
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Chacra Pueyrredon, birthplace of José Hernández • Illustration — Martín Fierro, Hernández's magnum opus. Hernández, whose ancestry was Spanish, was born on a farm near San Martín, Buenos Aires Province. His father was a majordomo or foreman of a series of cattle ranches. His career was to be an alternation between stints on the Federal side in the civil wars of Argentina and Uruguay and life as a newspaperman, a short stint as an employee of a commercial firm, and a period as stenographer to the legislature of the Confederation. Hernández founded the newspaper El Río de la Plata, which advocated local autonomy, abolition of the conscripted "frontier contingents", and election of justices of the peace, military commanders, and school boards. He opposed immigration because he believed it undermined the pastoral foundation of the region's wealth. He envisioned a federal republic based on pastoralism, but also featuring a strong system of education and a literate population. Although a federalist opposed to the centralizing, modernizing, and Europeanizing tendencies of President Domingo Sarmiento, Hernández was not an apologist for General Juan Manuel de Rosas, whom he characterized as a tyrant and a despot. Hernández is known today almost exclusively for his masterpiece Martín Fierro, the epic poem that stands as the pinnacle of gauchesque literature. The poem was apparently begun during a period of exile in Brazil following the defeat at Ñaembé (1870) and was published in two parts (in 1872 and 1879). Hernández died of heart disease on 21 October 1886, in Belgrano, which was at that time a separate suburb and is currently a neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires. He was buried in La Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires.
José Rafael Hernandez fue un militar, periodista, poeta y político argentino, especialmente conocido como el autor del Martín Fierro, obra máxima de la literatura gauchesca. En su homenaje, el 10 de noviembre —aniversario de su nacimiento— se festeja en la Argentina el Día de la Tradición.
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1834
José Hernández was born on 10 November 1834.
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José Hernández died in 1886 at Belgrano.
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José Hernández was born at San Andrés de Giles.
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José Hernández died at Belgrano.
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- 1.Racedo, Graciela. Géneros, movimientos literarios y literatura en el Río de la Plata. 978-84-359-0028-7.
- 2.Padula Perkins (1996): 3
- 3.Chávez (1959), pag. 59
- 4.Chávez (1959), pag. 9
- 5.Biografía de José Hernández (Su vida, historia, bio resumida).
- 6.Pehuajó; nomenclatura de las calles.
- 7.Gramuglio, 1980, p. 2
- 8.Hija del español Andrés Gerónimo González Del Solar Gutiérrez y la uruguaya Margarita Anastasia del Carmen Puente Ceballos, afincados en Paraná. Su hermana Teresa González del Solar estaba casada con el diplomático Manuel Martínez Fontes.
- 9.Crocco, pag. 489
- 10.Del Río, José Roberto. El autor de "Martín Fierro" José Hernández: Una vida patriótica y abnegada.
- 11.Borges, pag. 27
- 12.Rivera, Enrique. José Hernández y la guerra del Paraguay. 978-950-563-850-5.
- 13.Padula Perkins, pag. 4
- 14.Morasan, Mario Alberto. "La Histórica". Patrimonio, monumentos y escultura pública de Concepción del Uruguay 1783-2011. 978-987-02-6422-4.
- 15.Alaniz, Rogelio. Hombres y mujeres en tiempos de orden: de Urquiza a Avellaneda. 978-987-508-711-8.
- 16.Salduna, Bernardo I. La rebelión jordanista. 987-02-1334-0.
- 17.Segunda fila, personajes olvidados que también hicieron historia. 950-49-0250-2.
- 18.Chávez (1986), pag. 192
- 19.Crocco, pag. 490
- 20.Padula Perkins, pag. 6
- 21.De Marco, pag. 223
- 22.Padula Perkins (1996): 5.
- 23.Padula Perkins (1996): 6.
- 24.Auza, pag. 169
- 25.Padula Perkins (1996): 7.
- 26.De Marco, pag. 204
- 27.Padula Perkins (1996): 8-9.
- 28.Auza, pag. 120
- 29.Ortale, pag. 2
- 30.Ortale, pag. 6
- 31.Ortale, pag. 7
- 32.Padula Perkins (1996): 11.
- 33.Padula Perkins, pag. 81
- 34.Bibliografía de José Hernández.
- 35.Pagés Larraya, pag. 180
- 36.Chávez (1959), pag. 39
- 37.Padula Perkins, pag. 14
- 38.Chávez (1959), pag 42
- 39.De Marco, pág 294-295
- 40.Padula Perkins, pag. 20
- 41.Chávez (1959), pag. 148
- 42.Chávez (1959), pag 46
- 43.Padula Perkins, pag. 23
- 44.De Marco, pag. 310-322
- 45.Doallo, Beatriz Celina. Las vidas de José Hernández: ensayo. 978-950-813-050-1.
- 46.De Marco, pag. 327
- 47.Aragón, Roque Raúl; Calvetti, Jorge. Genio y figura de José Hernández.
- 48.Pomer, León. Conflictos en la Cuenca del Plata en el siglo XIX. 978-950-610-018-6.
- 49.Padula Perkins, pag. 30
- 50.Chávez (1986), pag. 209
- 51.Pages Larraya, pag.52
- 52.Chávez (1986), pag. 210
- 53.Chávez (1959), pag. 70
- 54.Padula Perkins (1996): 32.
- 55.Chávez (1959), pag. 76 y ss.
- 56.Padula Perkins, pag. 32
- 57.Chávez (1959), pag. 80
- 58.Pagés Larraya, pag. 52
- 59.Pagés Larraya, pag. 53
- 60.Padula Perkins, pag. 487
- 61.Corbière, Emilio J. La masonería: política y sociedades secretas. 978-950-07-1379-5.
- 62.Chávez (1986), pag. 136
- 63.Centro de Documentación Bibliotecológica, Universidad Nacional del Sur. Documentación bibliotecológica, Número 4.
- 64.Jitrik, Noé. José Hernández.
- 65.Crocco, pag.494
- 66.Hernández y Fierro. La otra cara de la historia. 950-9314-62-5.
- 67.Muere José Hernández.
- 68.Bibliografía de José Hernández.
- 69.Aguirre (1972), pag. 33-35
- 70.Anales de la Sociedad Rural Argentina.
- 71.Crocco, pag.490
- 72.El Payador. Tomo I: El hijo de la pampa.
- 73.José Hernández.
- 74.Martín Fierro Interactivo - Biografía - Martín Fierro crítico de arte.
- 75.Vida y obra de José Hernández, su ambiente político. El Martín Fierro. 978-987-02-8438-3.
- 76.de Paoli (1949), p. 305
- 77.Padula Perkins, pag. 38
- 78.JPL. 19079 Hernandez (1967 KC).
- 79.10 de noviembre: Día de la tradición.
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