Rubén Darío
Nicaraguan poet, periodist and writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Nicaraguan poet. For other similarly named people, and for places named after him, see Rubén Darío (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Sarmiento.
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (18 January 1867 – 6 February 1916), known as Rubén Darío (US: /dɑːˈriːoʊ/ dah-REE-oh,[1][2] Spanish: [ruˈβen daˈɾi.o]), was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Darío had a great and lasting influence on 20th-century Spanish-language literature and journalism.
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Born | Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (1867-01-18)18 January 1867 Metapa, today known as Ciudad Darío, Matagalpa, Nicaragua |
Died | 6 February 1916(1916-02-06) (aged 49) León, Nicaragua |
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Resident Minister of Foreign Affairs in Spain, Consul of Colombia in Buenos Aires, Consul of Nicaragua in Paris, France, Consul of Paraguay in Paris, France |
Literary movement | Modernismo |
Notable works | Azul, Prosas Profanas y otros poemas, Cantos de vida y esperanza, Canto a la Argentina y otros poemas |
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