Estanislao del Campo
Estanislao del Campo (born February 7, 1834 in Buenos Aires , † November 6, 1880 ibid) was an Argentine poet. He is the author of one of the main works of Gaucho literature , Fausto , and wrote some under the pseudonym Anastasio el Pollo .
Life
Del Campo was Porteño , a native of the Argentine capital. As a child from a good home, he studied at the Academia Porteña Federal. Campo later pursued a military career and fought against the troops of General Justo José de Urquiza .
Works
- Los debates de Miter , 1857
- Carta de Anastasio el Pollo , 1857
- Fausto , 1866
The idea for a gaucho version of Faust came to del Campo at the suggestion of Eduardo Gutiérrez after attending a performance of the opera Faust by Charles Gounod at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. In this version, a gaucho tells another about his visit to the opera and explains the plot to him in the local dialect ( Rioplatense ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Estanislao del Campo in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Campo, Estanislao del |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | El Pollo, Anastasio (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1880 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |