Rubén Darío
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Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Darío
Rubén Darío
The catedral-basílica de la Asunción, in León, Nicaragua, where the poet spent his infancy. His remains are buried in this church.
Juan Valera, novelist and literary critic, whose letters, addressed to Ruben Darío in the periodical El Imparcial, decisively consecrated Rubén Darío.
Bartolomé Mitre, to whom Darío dedicated his ode: Oda a Mitre.
José Martí
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José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liber
Rubén Darío
…admiration. Amongst those in the book we find Edgar Allan Poe, Villiers de l'Isle Adam, Léon Bloy, Paul Verlaine, Lautréamont, Eugénio de Castro and José Martí (the latter being the only one mentioned who wrote their literary work in Spanish.) The predominance of French culture is more than evident. Darío…
Martí in 1892
41 Paula Street, Havana, birthplace of José Martí
A sign at the Miracle del Mocadoret square, Valencia (Spain) where José Martí spent his childhood
First known portrait of José Martí, during his school years