Evaristo Carriego
Evaristo Carriego (Paraná, May 7, 1883[1] – Buenos Aires, October 13, 1912),[1] was an Argentine poet, best known today for the biography written about him by Jorge Luis Borges.
He was an important influence on the writing of tango lyrics,[2] and in homage the famous instrumental tango "A Evaristo Carriego" was written by Eduardo Rovira, and recorded by Orquesta Osvaldo Pugliese in 1969.[3]
He is buried at the Cementerio de la Chacarita in Buenos Aires.[1]
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- Argentine male poets
- 1883 births
- 1912 deaths
- People from Paraná, Entre Ríos
- Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery
- 20th-century Argentine poets
- 20th-century Argentine male writers
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