Manuel Rodríguez Objío
Manuel Rodríguez Objío | |
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Oil portrait of Manuel Rodríguez Objío | |
| Born | 19 December 1838 |
| Died | 18 April 1871 (aged 32) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Nationality | Dominican |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Poet, revolutionary |
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Brigadier General Manuel Nemesio Rodríguez Objío (19 December 1838 – 18 April 1871) was a Dominican poet and activist. A martyr of the Six Years' War, he was one of the early contributors to Dominican literature.
He participated in the Dominican War of Independence, in the revolution of 1857 and in the Dominican Restoration War. He founded the newspaper "La Voz del Cibao" in Santiago. He published several poems in the Sociedad Amigos del País Magazine. He was shot by order of Buenaventura Báez during the Six Years' War period, in the Ozama Fortress in Santo Domingo, on 18 April 1871.