José Asunción Silva

Nascut la Bogota, oras in care s-a si sinucis in 1896, Jose Asuncion Silva are o biografie plina de neprevazut si contardictii. Jurnalist, afacerist- falimentand afacerile de familie, secretar de legatie, sunt cateva repere din biografia poetului, caruia marea i-a inghit manuscrise, cu ocazia naufragiului vaporului Amerique, petrecut in 1895. Engleză José Asunción Silva (November 27, 1865 in Bogotá – May 23, 1896 in Bogotá) was a Colombian poet. He is considered one of the founders of Spanish-American Modernism. Born into a wealthy and cultured Bogotá family, Silva led a carefree life, traveling to England, Switzerland, and France in his early adulthood. However, with the death of his father and the increasing financial struggles his family experienced thereafter, Silva was forced to return to Colombia. Incapable of paying his family's enormous debts, Silva accepted a diplomatic position in Caracas. While there, he was encouraged by fellow writers to pursue his poetry. In 1895,...

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