Carlos Javier Benielli

Carlos Javier Benielli was born on the 26^th March 1878, Mendoza; he died on the 4^th November 1934 in Buenos Aires. He was an argentine writer and a poet, he is also an educator. He is the man that wrote the lyrics for the marches and the hymns, which are dedicated to the famous figure from the history of the country, and most of them are part of the common culture heritage of the country.

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Javier Benielli studied teaching in Mendoza. In the year 1897, Javier Benielli became a professor at the Escuela Normal de Profesores ‘Mariano Acosta’ in the Balvanera region of Buenos Aires. He was later posted to a teaching position located in VenadoTuerto, Santa Fe region of the country. He made friends while he was there with Cayetano Alberto Silva, a player of the violin and a music composer. Because of that, he wrote the lyrics to the San Lorenzo March that was composed by Silva in the year 1901, and that was the most famous work he did.  Javier Benielli also wrote the lyrics for the marches commemorating the battles of Tuyuti and Curupayti and the both were the music by Silva. Javier Benielli was the author of the book called MenudenciasLingüísticas.

Javier Benielli dedicated 43 years of his life in the teaching profession. He was the founding director of Escuela 22that is located at Sánchez de Bustamante 260 in Buenos Aires. In the year 1969, the school was named to honor him. Escuela 6392 that was founded in the year 1953 in Bouchard region of San Lorenzo, on the National Route 11 also has his name.

Javier Benielli died in Buenos Aires in the year 1934. In the year 2005, his remains were moved to the cemetery at the Convent of San Lorenzi and that is the place that the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers always performs the yearly ceremony to honor him.