Es un poema narrativo de Josè Hernandez, obra literaria considerada ejemplar del género gauchesco en Argentina. Se publicó en 1872 con el título El Gaucho Martín fierro. Narra el carácter independiente, heroico y sacrificado del gaucho.
MARTÍN FIERRO THE GAUCHO Introduction When José Hernández was born in 1834, Argentina was entering a period of nearly twenty years' dictatorship under Juan Manuel de Rosas, which was to be succeeded by a further period of political confusion and civil wars. The work and the life of Hernández are closely involved with this stage of his ...