Amado Nervo

Amado Nervo
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BornJuan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo
(1870-08-27)August 27, 1870
Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
DiedMay 24, 1919(1919-05-24) (aged 48)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Resting placeRotunda of Illustrious People in Mexico City, Mexico
OccupationPoet, journalist, educator, Mexican Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay
LanguageSpanish
NationalityMexican
Period19th and 20th centuries
Genrefiction, poetry, essay
Subjectwriting/poetry
Literary movementModernism
SpouseAna Cecilia Luisa Dailliez (1901–1912)

Amado Nervo (August 27, 1870 – May 24, 1919) also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo, was a Mexican poet, journalist and educator. He also acted as Mexican Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay.[1] His poetry was known for its use of metaphor and reference to mysticism, presenting both love and religion, as well as Christianity and Hinduism. Nervo is noted as one of the most important Mexican poets of the 19th century.

  1. ^ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Inter-America: a monthly that links the thought of the new world, Volume 2, University of Michigan: Inter-America Press, 1919, page 340.

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