Ernesto Cortázar was born on December 10, 1897 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico as Ernesto Cortázar Hernández. He was a composer and writer, known for La muerte enamorada (1951), Juan Charrasqueado (1948) and Tal para cual (1953). He died on November 30, 1953 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, Mexico.