Quick Facts
- Born:
- Oct. 24, 1886, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Died:
- July 6, 1914, Montevideo (aged 27)
- Movement / Style:
- Modernismo
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Agustini, Delmira
Delmira Agustini, frontispiece of her El libro blanco (1907; “The White Book”).
Delmira Agustini
Uruguayan writer
Delmira Agustini (born Oct. 24, 1886, Montevideo, Uruguay—died July 6, 1914, Montevideo) was one of the most important poets of South America.
Agustini was the first woman in Latin-American literature to deal boldly with the themes of sensuality and passion, and her poems have a force lacking from most Modernist poetry of the period. Her life ended tragically when she was murdered by her estranged husband. Her chief works are El libro blanco (1907; “The White Book”), Cantos de la mañana (1910; “Morning Songs”), Los cálices vacíos (1913; “Empty Chalices”), El rosarío del Eros (1924; “Eros’ Rosary”), and Obras completas (1924; “Complete Works”).
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