| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,771,558,079 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Chocano, José Santos |
0.02 sec. |
|
Chocano, José Santos (hōsā` sän`tōs chōkä`nō), 1875–1934, Peruvian poet and one of the leaders of modernismo modernismo (mōthārnē`smō), movement in Spanish literature that had its beginning in Latin America. ..... Click the link for more information. . During a life of Latin-American wandering, Chocano was closely linked both to brutal dictatorships and idealist revolutionaries. His most popular volume, Alma América [the soul of America] (1906) led Rubén Darío, the greatest of the modernistas, to develop native themes. Well-known collections of his poetry are Fiat Lux (1908) and Primicias de oro de Indias [first fruits of gold from the Indies] (1934). Having killed a political enemy, the writer Edwin Elmore, Chocano moved to Chile where he was himself murdered by a lunatic. BibliographySee his collected poems, tr. by E. Underwood (1935). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | |
|---|---|
|
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|