Hernandez, José (1834–1886)

Argentine poet and journalist. His epic poem El gaucho Martin Fierro/The Gaucho Martin Fierro 1878 tells of an outlawed cattle herder. A sequel, La vuelta de Martin Fierro/The Return of Martin Fierro, appeared in 1879.

In the late 1860s Hernandez founded and edited a newspaper, Revista del Rio de la Plata. From 1870 to 1872 he was a follower of the insurgent Lopez Jordan.