Rubén Darío
Rubén Darío | |
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| Born | Félix Rubén García Sarmiento 18 January 1867 Metapa, today known as Ciudad Darío, Matagalpa, Nicaragua |
| Died | 6 February 1916 (aged 49) León, Nicaragua |
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Resident Minister of Foreign Affairs in Spain, Consul of Colombia in Buenos Aires, Consul of Nicaragua in Paris, France, Consul of Paraguay in Paris, France |
| Literary movement | Modernismo |
| Notable works | Azul, Prosas Profanas y otros poemas, Cantos de vida y esperanza, Canto a la Argentina y otros poemas |
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Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (18 January 1867 – 6 February 1916), known as Rubén Darío (US: /dɑːˈriːoʊ/ dah-REE-oh, Spanish: [ruˈβen daˈɾi.o]), was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Darío had a great and lasting influence on 20th-century Spanish-language literature and journalism.