# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fray-mocho
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:46:03.818Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fray-mocho"
name: "Fray Mocho"
slug: "fray-mocho"
description: "Fray Mocho was the pen name for the Argentine writer and journalist José Ciriaco Alvarez. He moved to Buenos Aires first in 1876 and then again to stay in 1879 at the age of 21. He was known to his friends as \"Mocho\" (blunt) and later added the title \"Fray\". He wrote for several newspapers including El Nacional, La Pampa, La Patria Argentina, and La Razón. He also wrote for magazines such as the short-lived Fray Gerundio, El Ateneo and La Colmena Artística. He wrote essays about life in Buenos Aires in the latter part of the 19th century, including Esmeraldas (polished), Cuentos Mundanos, La vida de los ladrones célebres de Buenos Aires y sus maneras de robar and Memorias de un Vigilante. In 1898 he wrote the book En el Mar Austral."
tagline: "Argentine writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FrayMocho.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Argentina"
  isoCode: "AR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1858-08-26"
deathDate: "1903-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.345249333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BC%97%E8%B5%96%C2%B7%E8%8E%AB%E4%B9%94"
    title: "弗赖·莫乔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88"
    title: "فراى موتشو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fray_Mocho"
    title: "Fray Mocho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fray_Mocho"
    title: "Fray Mocho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fray_Mocho"
    title: "Fray Mocho"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94_%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98"
    title: "ხოსე ალვარესი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Альварес, Хосе Сиксто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8962735"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump