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Pedro Lacasa
1810–1869
A soldier, poet, and historian from 19th-century Argentina, he wrote with the firsthand perspective of someone who had lived through war and political upheaval. His surviving work blends memoir, history, and literary writing in a way that feels close to the events he describes.
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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
About the author
Born in Buenos Aires in 1810, Pedro Lacasa is remembered as an Argentine military officer, historian, and poet. Sources on his life consistently connect him with the Cisplatine War and the Argentine civil wars, giving his writing the weight of lived experience rather than distant commentary.
He is best known for Poesías y escritos del coronel don Pedro Lacasa, a posthumous collection published in Buenos Aires in 1870, and for writing about General Juan Lavalle. His work moves between verse, political memory, and historical narrative, reflecting both a literary voice and a soldier's eye for events.
Lacasa died in 1869. Although he is not widely read today outside specialist circles, his books remain valuable for readers interested in 19th-century Argentine history, especially the intersection of literature, war, and national memory.