Biography of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz

"Biography of Tadeo Isidoro Cruz" (original Spanish title: Biografía de Tadeo Isidoro Cruz) is a short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. The story was first published in the Argentine literary magazine Sur, December 1944, and later included in the short story collection The Aleph and Other Stories in 1949.

It is an example of intertextuality because it is a retelling of the story of Sargeant Cruz, an important character in the epic poem Martín Fierro by José Hernández.

It also contains references to various aspects of Argentine History, such as montoneros, the Cisplatine War, the Argentine Civil Wars, and culturally significant symbols of Argentina, such as the gaucho.

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