** Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer ( d. 2009 )

* Rafael Curci ( Uruguayan writer )

* July 1 – Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer ( died 1994 )

* May 30 – Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer

On his book The Open Veins of Latin America, Uruguayan writer, Eduardo Galeano mentions, that this statue is that of French marshal Michel Ney.

Enrique Amorim ( July 25, 1900 – July 28, 1960 ) was an Uruguayan novelist and writer, best known for his story Las quitanderas whose plot centres on rural prostitution ; also known for his left-wing politics.

With similar effect, the foreign paternal surname of the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Hughes Galeano ( his father was British ) is usually omitted.

Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza ( Salto, Uruguay, 31 December 1878 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, 19 February 1937 ) was an Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer.

During the same year the writer began farming in partnership with his friend, fellow Uruguayan, Vicente Gozalbo, and was also appointed Justice of the Peace in the Civil Registry of San Ignacio.

* Carlos Vaz Ferreira ( 1872-1958 ), Uruguayan philosopher, writer, and academic

The name " Ariel " was inspired by a series of short writings called El Ariel by Uruguayan writer José Enrique Rodó that inspired generations of young Latin Americans in the first decades of the 20th century.

Jorge Majfud ( born 1969 ) is a Uruguayan writer.

Leo Maslíah is a Uruguayan musician, humorist and writer.

Among Pagina / 12s leading writers are the internationally renowned investigative journalist and author Horacio Verbitsky ; historian Osvaldo Bayer ; political scientist José Natanson ; the Cervantes Prize winning poet Juan Gelman ; football journalist, novelist and comic author Juan Sasturain ; and Uruguayan journalist and writer Eduardo Galeano.

The Uruguayan writer Jose Carranza Sienra, who met him at the start of the war, said of Bareiro:

Francisco Esteban Acuña de Figueroa ( September 3, 1791 – October 6, 1862 ) was an Uruguayan poet and writer.

* 1940 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist

Uruguayan artists involved in canto popular included Los Eduardos, Los Que Iban Cantando, Universo, Carlos Benavides, Carlos Maria Fossatti, Eduardo Darnauchans, Anibal Sampayo, Marcos Velázquez, Alfredo Zitarrosa, José Carbajal ( Uruguayan musician ) (" El Sabalero "), Los Olimareños and Hector Numa Moraes.

Modern Uruguayan writers include Juan Carlos Onetti ( author of No Man's Land and The Shipyard ), novelist Mario Benedetti, social critic Eduardo Galeano, and Mario Jesús Moraes.

* Carlos Eduardo Peruena Rodríguez ( born 1955 ), Uruguayan football defender

H. E. Eduardo Jiménez de Aréchaga ( 8 June 1918 – 5 April 1994 ) was a Uruguayan jurist.

* Carlos Eduardo Gutiérrez ( born 1976 ), Uruguayan footballer

With the Uruguayan Invasion of Argentina dying down, a new wave of rock musicians arose, including El Kinto, Totem ( banda ), Psiglo, Génesis, Opus Alfa, Eduardo Mateo, Jesus Figueroa and Días de Blues, promoted by radio and television shows like Constelacion and Discodromo Show.

Argentina lead the match 1 – 0 during the second half and in the final minutes Peru equalized ; however the Uruguayan referee Ángel Eduardo Pazos disallowed the goal.

The script for The Fountain was influenced by the accounts of Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano, who wrote examples of myth from an indigenous perspective, particularly Galeano's Genesis trilogy.

Uruguayan and Argentine artists known for their milonga compositions and interpretations include Roberto Firpo, Angel D ' Agostino, Pedro Laurenz, Villoldo, Francisco Canaro, Rodolfo Biagi, Juan d ' Arienzo, Edgardo Donato, Gabino Ezeiza, Aníbal Troilo, Lucio Demare, Domingo Federico, Angel Vargas, Mariano Mores, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Francisco Lomuto, Ástor Piazzolla and Carlos Di Sarli.

* Gonzalo Vargas ( born 1981 ), Uruguayan footballer

Uruguayan band El Cuarteto de Nos wrote the song " Me Amo " ( I Love Myself ) in which the chorus sings " como Narciso soy " ( I am like Narcissus ).

He is documented by photograph to have played the instruments of Spanish makers Jose Ramirez I, Enrique Garcia, Fransisco Simplicio, Enrique Sanfeliu, Domingo Esteso and Ricardo Sanchis Nacher, Brazilian maker DiGiorgio, and in print by Uruguayan maker Rodolfo Camacho.

Deportivo Cali fans and the Board of Directors of Club Asociación Deportivo Cali hoped that the newly elected coach, Uruguayan Jose Daniel Carreño, would have changed the face of the club, and re-enter them back to their glory days, he failed and was replaced by Ricardo Martinez before the end of the " Cuadrangulares " during the Copa Mustang I 2008.

Milonga can refer to an Argentine, Uruguayan, and Southern Brazilian form of music which preceded the tango and the dance form which accompanies it, or to the term for places or events where the tango or Milonga are danced ( see Milonga ( place )).

These new groups viewed their actions from a global point of view, in order to link them with “ world struggles ”, such as the Vietnam War ( 1965 – 75 ) or with South American struggles against military juntas ( see for example the RAF's actions against NATO and its ideological relations with Uruguayan Tupamaros ).

From the highest one it is possible to see the Uruguayan coast.

A famous example is the ill-fated Westward expedition of the Donner Party, and more recently the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, after which some survivors ate the bodies of dead passengers.

Uruguayan wool is of moderate quality, not quite up to Australian standards.

There is strong debate in the Uruguayan society about their role, and future.

Telmex is a promising new entrant in the Uruguayan fixed wireless space, with the technology knowhow and financial backing to offer world class service and increase competition in the fixed wireless space.

* March 17 – The Uruguayan Air Force is founded.

Gualeguaychú in the east of Entre Ríos province is the most important Carnival city and has one of the largest parades, with a similar afro-American musical background to Brazilian or Uruguayan Carnival.

Pierrot is a familiar figure at many carnivals of the world, most notably Uruguayan Carnival, as well as at festivals in Trinidad and Tobago.

Uruguayan tango and milonga are both popular styles, and folk music from along the River Plate is indistinguishable from its Argentine counterpart.

Candombe, a style of drumming descended from African slaves in the area, is quintessentially Uruguayan ( although it is played to a lesser extent in Argentina ).

There is a Uruguayan and Argentinian tradition of eating gnocchi on the 29th of each month, with some people putting money beneath their plates to bring prosperity.

In Argentina the will-o '- the-wisp phenomenon is known as Luz Mala ( evil light ) or Fuego Fatuo and is one of the most important myths in Argentine and Uruguayan Folklore.

With reinforcements too far away, the British spread disinformation that an overwhelming force is lying in wait, hoping to buy time: while they are initially demanding that the Uruguayan authorities send the Admiral Graf Spee out to sea within 24 hours, as the law of the seas dictates, they suddenly lose interest and appear to tolerate the ship staying anchored for as long as she wants.

There is also a street in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo named Jorge Canning, which is coincidentally the location of the British Residence.

One of the key names in modern tango, poet Horacio Ferrer, who contributed the lyrics for several of the most important tango works by Astor Piazzolla, is Uruguayan as well.

The Uruguayan argument is that Gardel was born in 1887 the son of influential Uruguayan landowner Carlos Escayola and Escayola's sister-in-law, 13-year-old Maria Lelia Oliva.

Club Atlético Peñarol (, from Latin pinarolium: pinewood ; English: ) also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros and familiarly as Manya, is an Uruguayan sports club based in the Peñarol barrio, Montevideo, best known for its professional football team.

The La Plata dolphin is also widely known as the Franciscana-the Argentine and Uruguayan name that has been adopted internationally.

The town is also the unnamed setting of the Uruguayan novelist, Cristina Peri Rossi's " The Ship of Fools " ( La nave de los locos ).