Juan Capagorry


Juan Capagorry was a Uruguayan columnist, illustrator, writer and poet. He was born in 1934 in Montevideo and died on June 12, 1997. He was also a storyteller, and his voice was recorded on various phonograms.

Biography

His childhood and adolescence were spent in the town of Solís de Mataojo in the Lavalleja department. Because of this he was considered a native of that place.
Early in the 1960s he began interacting with the singer, Daniel Viglietti, with whom he created the album Hombres de nuestra tierra. the songs of which consisted entirely of lyrics written by Capagorry and performed by Viglietti. For the recording of this album, which also featured other introductory lyrics by Capagorry, he moved to Montevideo, where he lived with Viglietti.

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