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Wikipedia article
'Vieytes, el Desterrado' (in Spanish "Vieytes, the Banished") is an Argentine historical novel written by Francisco N. Jurez in 2001, narrating the life of Hiplito Vieytes. The book is written from a first-person narrative, in the manner of an autobiography, but it is the work of Jurez, not Vieytes himself.
Creation
Jurez wrote a biography of Vieytes at the age of 17, which was awarded but remained unpublished.[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/210876 Los entretelones de una doble historia] Jurez thought that Vieytes was the man that best understood the May Revolution and the country that would be born from it. He kept studying the procer, developing a high admiration for him "'Banished and sick after falling with Alvear's government, Vieytes was forever silenced. Shackled, tried and convicted without defense. His books and papers were confiscated and he died shortly afterwards, among fevers and madness of a great depression. If they wanted to silence him, then I thought it was appropriate to try to recover his voice in those hard times that take place, through these pages.Desterrado y enfermo al caer con el gobierno de Alvear, Vieytes fue silenciado para siempre. Engrillado, enjuiciado y condenado sin defensa. Sus libros y papeles fueron incautados y muri inmediatamente envuelto por fiebres y los desvaros de una gran depresin. Si lo quisieron acallar entonces me pareci oportuno tratar de recuperar su voz en los duros tiempos que corren, a travs de estas pginas [http://www.lanacion.com.ar/210876 Los entretelones de una doble historia]
Jurez studied much about Vieytes at the General National Archive, and found his birth-certificate at San Antonio de Areco, birth city of Vieytes. He also found information at the local church. However, much valuable material was lost during a fire of June 16, 1955.
See also
* Hiplito Vieytes
References
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