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Delmira Agustini
Early 20th-century Uruguayan poet
Delmira Agustini | |
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Born | (1886-10-24)October 24, 1886 Montevideo, Uruguay |
Died | July 6, 1914(1914-07-06) (aged 27) Montevideo, Uruguay |
Occupation | |
Period | Modernist |
Literary movement | Post Modernist |
Spouse | Enrique Job Reyes |
Delmira Agustini (October 24, 1886 – July 6, 1914) was a Uruguayan poet of the early 20th century.[1]
Biography
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay,[2] she began writing when she was ten and had her first book of poems published when she was still a teenager.[3]
She wrote for the magazine La Alborada (The Dawn).
She formed part of the Generation of 1900, along with Julio Herrera y Reissig, Leopoldo Lugones and Horacio Quiroga.
Rubén Darío, a Nicaraguan poet, was an important influence for her. She looked up to him as a teacher.
Darío compared Agustini to Teresa of Ávila, stating that Agustini was the only woman writer since the saint to expres