Edmundo Bianchi

Bianchi was born in Montevideo on 22 November 1880. Along with Pascual Guaglianone, Julián Basterra, Belén Sárraga, Ángel Falco, and José Peyrot he was a founding member of the 20th century anarchist movement in Uruguay.^[3] He worked with Florencio Sánchez at the International Center for Social Studies (Centro Internacional de Estudios Sociales), events were held here for workers, anarchists, and intellectuals.^[4] Bianchi was active as a dramatist, poet, and essayist. He wrote the lyrics for two tangos: "Pampero" and "Ya no Cantas Chingolo", the latter was performed by Carlos Gardel in Europe. He died in Montevideo on 29 November 1965 at the age of 85.^[1]

Bianchi took part in the Uruguayan anarchist movement in his youth. He was outspoken on social issues in his journalistic writings. He edited the newspaper El Trabajo (1901), and joined the magazine Futuro as its founder and director with Emilio Frugoni, Carlos Zum Felde, Ítalo Perrotti, José Ingenieros, and Julio C. Barcos. He worked as a journalist at El Siglo and La Razón, and directed the magazine Bohemia (1908–1910).^[3]

In his writing, he denounced the upper classes of Montevideo.^[5] He took part in literary gatherings that took place at the Café El Polo Bamba near Plaza Independencia on Calle Colonia between Ciudadela and Florida. Florencio Sánchez, Emilio Frugoni, Horacio Quiroga, Ernesto Herrera, Roberto de las Carreras were among other frequenters of the café.^[6]