Francisco Acuña de Figueroa

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Francisco Acuña de Figueroa

Francisco Esteban Acuña de Figueroa (born September 20, 1790 or September 3, 1791 in Montevideo , † October 6, 1862 there ) was a Uruguayan writer .

He is the author of the lyrics for both the Uruguayan and Paraguayan national anthems.

Web links

Commons : Francisco Acuña de Figueroa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Revista Histórica de la Universidad: Apuntaciones biográficas - Francisco S. Antuña (Spanish) at www.periodicas.edu.uy, accessed on January 19, 2014
  2. Short biography on mec.gub.uy, the official website of the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture