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Born August 1, 1875 • Montevideo • Uruguay
Died March 18, 1910 (aged 34) • Montevideo • Uruguay
Notable Works “Los maitines de la noche” • “Poemas violetas”
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Cristina Peri Rossi
Uruguayan writer
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Mario Benedetti
Uruguayan writer
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Juana de Ibarbourou
Uruguayan poet
Agustini, Delmira
Delmira Agustini
Uruguayan writer
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Juan Carlos Onetti
Uruguayan writer
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Horacio Quiroga
Uruguayan writer
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Felisberto Hernández
Uruguayan writer
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Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
Uruguayan writer and politician
Zorrilla de San Martín, Juan
Juan Zorrilla de San Martín
Uruguayan poet
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Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
The brilliant Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Mexican poet and scholar
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Ernesto Cardenal
Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan poet and priest
Rubén Darío
Rubén Darío
Nicaraguan writer
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Cesar Vallejo, Peruvian poet, seated outdoors in a suit with his chin resting on his hand and a cane in his other hand, 1929.
César Vallejo
Peruvian poet
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Gómez Bolaños, Roberto
Chespirito
Mexican actor and writer

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