Amado Nervo

Amado Nervo was born in Tepic on 27 August 1870 and lost his father as a child. After the seminary, he earned his living in offices, then in journalism in Mexico City, where he co-founded the Revista Moderna in 1898. In 1900, sent to Paris for the Exposition, he mixed there with Darío and Wilde. A professor at the National Preparatory School, he entered the diplomatic service in 1905, in Madrid, and later became minister in Argentina and Uruguay. A poet of immense popularity, he died in Montevideo on 24 May 1919; his funeral turned into an apotheosis.

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• PoetryLa amada inmóvilAmado Nervo · 1920not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain