Delmira Agustini(October 24, 1886 – July 6, 1914) was anUruguayanpoet of the early 20th century.[1]
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| Born | October 24, 1886 Montevideo,Uruguay |
| Died | July 6, 1914(aged 27) Montevideo, Uruguay |
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| Period | Modernist |
| Spouse | Enrique Job Reyes |
Biography
editBorn 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 LugonesandHoracio 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).
Personal life and death
editShe 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.
Bibliography
edit- 1907:El libro blanco[5]
- 1910:Cantos de la mañana[5]
- 1913:Los cálices vacíos, pórtico de Rubén Darío[5]
- 1924:Obras completas( "Complete Works" ): Volume 1,El rosario de Eros;Volume 2:Los astros del abismo,posthumously published (died 1914), Montevideo, Uruguay: Máximo García[5]
- 1944:Poesías,prologue by Luisa Luisi (Montevideo, Claudio García & Co.[5])
- 1971:Poesías completas,prólogue and notes by Manuel Alvar, Barcelona: Editorial Labor[5]
Works translated into other languages
editValerie Martínezhas translated many of Agustini's poems intoEnglish.[6]Some of Agustini's poems are translated intoNepalibySuman Pokhrel,and collected in an anthology titled Manpareka Kehi Kavita.[7][8]
References
edit- ^"Delmira Agustini | Uruguayan writer".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedApril 30,2019.
- ^"Reconesse Database - Delmira Agustini".beta.reconesse.org.Archived fromthe originalon April 30, 2019.RetrievedApril 30,2019.
- ^"Delmira Agustini Poems > My poetic side".mypoeticside.com.RetrievedApril 30,2019.
- ^"Delmira Agustini - Delmira Agustini Biography - Poem Hunter".www.poemhunter.com.RetrievedApril 30,2019.
- ^abcdefWeb page titled"Delmira Agustini"ArchivedSeptember 2, 2011, at theWayback Machineat the Universitat Jaume's "Modernismo en España e Hispanoamérica" website. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^"Drunken Boat | Delmira Agustini".Archived fromthe originalon September 23, 2019.RetrievedJuly 7,2018.
- ^Akhmatova, Anna;Świrszczyńska, Anna;Ginsberg, Allen;Agustini, Delmira;Farrokhzad, Forough;Mistral, Gabriela;Jacques, Jacques;Mahmoud, Mahmoud;Al-Malaika, Nazik;Hikmet, Nazim;Qabbani, Nizar;Paz, Octavio;Neruda, Pablo;Plath, Sylvia;Amichai, Yehuda(2018).Manpareka Kehi Kavitaमनपरेका केही कविता[Some Poems of My Choice] (in Nepali). Translated byPokhrel, Suman(First ed.). Kathmandu: Shikha Books. p. 174.
- ^Tripathi, Geeta (2018),अनुवादमा 'मनपरेका केही कविता'[Manpareka Kehi Kavita in Translation], Kalashree, pp. 358–359.
External links
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- Cathy L. Jrade,"Modernization, Feminism, and Delmira Agustini".Vanderbilt University
- Judy Veramendi,The Empty Chalices,a novel and play based on the life and writings of Delmira Agustini.