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Argentine writer, poet and educator
Carlos Javier Benielli
(March 26, 1878, in
Mendoza
? November 4, 1934, in
Buenos Aires
) was an Argentine writer, poet and educator. He penned the lyrics for marches and hymns that are dedicated to famous figures from Argentinian history, many of which have become part of that nation's common cultural heritage.
Benielli studied teaching in Mendoza. In 1897, he became a professor at the
Escuela Normal de Profesores "Mariano Acosta"
in the
Balvanera
district of Buenos Aires. Later, he was posted to a teaching position in
Venado Tuerto
,
Santa Fe Province
. While there, he made friends with
Cayetano Alberto Silva
, a violinist and composer. As a result, in April 1907 he wrote the lyrics to the
San Lorenzo March
(composed by Silva in 1901). This march (his most famous work), commemorates the
Battle of San Lorenzo
and memorializes the heroic actions of sergeant
Juan Bautista Cabral
. He also wrote lyrics for marches commemorating the battles of
Tuyuti
and
Curupayti
(both also with music by Silva) and the
Hymn to San Martin
(set to the music of the
Triumphal March
from the opera "
Aida
" by
Verdi
). He is also the author of a book;
Menudencias Linguisticas
(Linguistic Trifles).
Benielli dedicated 43 years of his life to teaching. He was the founding director of
Escuela 22
, located at Calle Sanchez de Bustamante 260 (Buenos Aires). In 1969, the school was named in his honor.
Escuela 6392
(founded in 1953) in the Bouchard district of
San Lorenzo
, on National Route 11, also bears his name.
He died in Buenos Aires in 1934. In 2005, his remains were transferred to the cemetery at the Convent of San Lorenzo, where the
Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers
performs an annual ceremony in his honor.
See also
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- Buenos Aires: Historia de las Calles y Sus Nombres
, by Vicente Osvaldo Cutolo. Editorial Elche (1992)
ISBN
950-9921-20-3
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