Felisberto Hernández corresponds to that anomalous spiritual species Ruben Dario called "rare" and Julio Cortazar cronopios. He was born in Montevideo in 1902 and died in the same city in 1964. At age nine he began piano lessons; Later the resume and have it as a tutor to the blind pianist Clemente Colling, who teaches harmony and composition and that years later will be evoked in one of his opening works. The economic difficulties will be a constant in his life, so he is forced to play the piano in silent movie halls, and become itinerant pianist until 1942 by different coffees Argentina and Uruguay. Her love life was also eventful: she married four times. One of his wives, the Spanish Africa de las Heras, was a KGB agent. Recurring readings were Bergson, Proust and Kafka. In the first two adopted the theme of memory as a trigger for all his literary pursuit, largely linked to memories of childhood and early youth and nostalgic remembrance of certain neighborhoods and characters of Montevideo. In his stories the music, water, children are always present. Julio Cortázar, García Márquez and Italo Calvino have been rendered enthusiastic about their work.