Carlos Obligado

Who is Carlos Obligado?

Carlos Obligado was an Argentinian poet, crític and writer, best known for his patriotic lyrics to the song "Marcha de las Malvinas".

He was the son of poet Rafael Obligado and Isabel Gómez Langenheim. He pursued studies at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and took his doctorate at the Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires in 1917.

His first book, "Poemas", was published in 1920. He translated several French poets. He was a literary critic, lecturer and university professor and served as the director of the Instituto de Literatura Argentina. In 1928 he traveled to Europe, visiting several countries. On his return to Argentina, he was named a dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. He was later named a member of the Academia Argentina de Letras and the Real Academia Española. In 1932, he produced a comprehensive translation of the poems of Edgar Allan Poe and Percy Shelley as well as a critical study of Leopoldo Lugones. The Spanish government awarded him the Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio in 1947. He was manager of the "Bibliotecas Populares" of the Ministry of Education when he died on February 3, 1949.