Juan Capagorry (1934–1997) was a Uruguayan columnist, illustrator, writer and poet.
His childhood and adolescence were spent in the town of Solís de Mataojo in the Lavalleja department.
Early in the 1960s he began interacting with the singer, Daniel Viglietti, with whom he created the album Hombres de nuestra tierra[2] (Men of our land).
the songs of which consisted entirely of lyrics written by Capagorry and performed by Viglietti.
For the recording of this album, which also featured other introductory lyrics by Capagorry, he moved to Montevideo, where he lived with Viglietti.