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Juan María Gutiérrez
1809–1878
A central figure in 19th-century Argentine culture, this writer and public intellectual moved easily between literature, politics, and education. His work helped shape early literary criticism in Argentina while championing the country’s intellectual life.
2 Audiobooks
Argentina, Legend and History
by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Carlos O. (Carlos Octavio) Bunge, Luis María Drago, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Pedro Goyena, Juan María Gutiérrez, Pedro Lacasa, Lucio Vicente López, Vicente Fidel López, Vicente López y Planes, Bartolomé Mitre, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Marcos Sastre
Apuntes biograficos de escritores, oradores y hombres de estado de la Republica Argentina
by Juan María Gutiérrez
About the author
Born in Buenos Aires in 1809, Juan María Gutiérrez became one of the leading literary and political voices of 19th-century Argentina. He trained in surveying and law, and over the course of his career was known not only as a poet and critic, but also as a historian, jurist, and statesman.
He was closely tied to the liberal intellectual circles of his time, helping to found the Asociación de Mayo with Juan Bautista Alberdi. During the period of Juan Manuel de Rosas, he lived in exile, and later returned to public life, serving as Argentina’s minister of foreign affairs and as rector of the University of Buenos Aires.
As a writer, he is often remembered as an early and influential literary critic in Argentina. Alongside poetry and prose, he devoted much of his energy to promoting national culture, scholarship, and education, leaving a legacy that reaches beyond literature alone.