Julián del Casal

Julián del Casal was born in Havana on 7 November 1863. He lost his mother at the age of four and his father in 1885; lacking means, he gave up law and became a clerk at the Ministry of Finance. He wrote for La Habana Elegante, El Fígaro and La Discusión. He left for Madrid in 1888 with the idea of reaching Paris, and returned the following year without having seen France. He met Rubén Darío in 1892 and died in Havana on 21 October 1893.

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• PoetryNieveJulián del Casal · 1892not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain