Hilario Ascasubi

Hilario Ascasubi ( born January 14, 1807 in Bell Ville, Córdoba Province, † November 17, 1875 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine writer.

Hilario Ascasubi was a son of the merchant Ascasubi Mariano and his wife Loreta de Elía. He came on the wagon to the world, with the drove his mother to her wedding to Buenos Aires.

Under Juan Manuel de Rosas Ascasubi fought after the May Revolution in the war of independence against the Spanish. He then went into exile in Uruguay and settled in Montevideo. There he conducted a bakery and during that time most of his literary works were written under the pseudonym Paulino Lucero.

At the age of 68 years Hilario Ascasubi died on November 17, 1875 in Buenos Aires and found his final resting place.

Works (selection)

  • Aniceto el Gallo. Fondo de Cultura económica, Mexico 1984, ISBN 968-16-1557-3 ( Poesía gauchesca; 2).
  • El gaucho Jacinto Cielo con doce números.
  • Paulino Lucero ó los gauchos del Río de la Plata. Cantadoy combatiendo contra los tiranos de las républicas Argentina y oriental del Uruguay 1839 á 1851. 2nd ed Peuser, Buenos Aires 1900.
  • Santos Vega y Los Mellizo de La flor. Rasgos dramáticos de la vida del gaucho en las Campañas praderas y de la República Argentina ( 1778-1808 ). Secretaria del Cultura de la Nación, Buenos Aires 1994, ISBN 950 -507 X 395.
  • Unitarios y federales. Editorial Ameghino, Rosario 1998, ISBN 987-9216-49-0 (along with Esteban Echeverría and José Marmol ).
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