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 |
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| Period | Modernist |
| Literary movement | Post Modernist |
| Spouse | Enrique Job Reyes |
Delmira Agustini (October 24, 1886 – July 6, 1914) was aUruguayan poet of the early 20th century.[1]
Born inMontevideo, 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 magazineLa Alborada (The Dawn). She formed part of the Generation of 1900, along withJulio Herrera y Reissig,Leopoldo Lugones andHoracio Quiroga.
Rubén Darío, a Nicaraguan poet, was an important influence for her. She looked up to him as a teacher. Darío compared Agustini toTeresa of Ávila, stating that Agustini was the only woman writer since the saint to express herself as a woman.
She specialized in the topic of female sexuality during a time when the literary world was dominated by men. Agustini's writing style is best classified in the first phase ofmodernism, with themes based on fantasy and exotic subjects.
Eros, god of love, symbolizes eroticism and is the inspiration to Agustini's poems about carnal pleasures. Eros is the protagonist in many of Agustini's literary works. She even dedicated her third book to him titledLos Cálices Vacíos (Empty Chalices) in 1913, which was acclaimed as her entrance into a new literary movement, "La Vanguardia" (The Vanguard).
She married Enrique Job Reyes on August 14, 1913. Their divorce was finalized on June 5, 1914. A month after that, Reyes fatally shot Agustini twice in the head and afterwards committed suicide. She died in her house inMontevideo, Uruguay.[4] She is buried in theCentral Cemetery of Montevideo.
Valerie Martínez has translated many of Agustini's poems intoEnglish.[6] Some of Agustini's poems are translated intoNepali bySuman Pokhrel, and collected in an anthology titled Manpareka Kehi Kavita.[7][8]
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