Vincent Hughes

Vincent Hughes was an English-born writer, born in 1876, who moved when he was young to an estancia near what is now Tres Lomas in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The available sources describe him as a little-known author who lived far from literary circles and wrote most of his work there, remaining largely unnoticed during his lifetime.

Accounts of his life portray him as extremely reserved and shy, which likely added to his obscurity. He died in Argentina in 1917, reportedly after an unspecified illness.

His known works include The Golden Sand (1909), Los pastizales (1912), Tierra salvaje (1916), and Memories (1917). He is also credited with Through Canal-Land in a Canadian Canoe, a travel piece published in 1899 and later preserved by Project Gutenberg, where it is noted as being illustrated by the author and accompanied by photographs.