José Gabriel (

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José Gabriel López Buisán; 1896–1957) was a

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-born

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and

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. His more important works are ''La fonda'' (''The Inn''), ''La bandera celeste'' (''The Light Blue Flag''), ''Vida del General Lamadrid'' (''Life of General Lamadrid'') and ''Vida y muerte en Aragón'' (''Life and Death in Aragon''). His biography of

Evaristo Carriego Evaristo Carriego ( Paraná, May 7, 1883 – Buenos Aires, October 13, 1912), 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, and in ...

was used by

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo ( ; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish literature, Spanish-language and international literatur ...

for his famous work on the poet.

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1896 births 1957 deaths Argentine non-fiction writers {{Argentina-writer-stub Spanish emigrants to Argentina