Horacio Arturo Ferrer Ezcurra (2 June 1933 – 21 December 2014) was a Uruguayan-Argentine poet, broadcaster, reciter and tango lyricist. He is particularly well known for having composed the lyrics for tangos by Astor Piazzolla, such as Balada para un loco and Chiquilín de Bachín. Ferrer was born in Montevideo into an educated family, son of Horacio Ferrer Perez, a professor of history, and Alicia Ezcurra Francini, who was 11 years older than his father and spoke four... meer
