Legacy
Juan Moreira is one of the most important figures in the popular history of Argentina. His life was laden with the violence and injustice which typified the unfair treatment received by the gauchos, treatment which led to his death. His skull and some personal belongings can be seen at Juan Domingo Perón Museum. His life inspired a very popular novel by romantic author Eduardo Gutiérrez, which in turn inspired at least four biographical films entitled Juan Moreira. The most important of these films, Juan Moreira (1973 film) was directed by Leonardo Favio, starring Rodolfo Bebán as the title character. The night of his death was fictionalized by Jorge Luis Borges in a short story, La noche de los dones.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)