Rafael Pombo

Rafael Pombo was born in Bogotá on 7 November 1833 into a high-society family, studied as a military engineer, served in the army, then left for New York in 1855 with his country's legation. He stayed there seventeen years, wrote in English as much as in Spanish, corresponded with the local poets and returned in 1872 never to leave again. A Romantic poet, diplomat, translator, journalist and homeopath, he was crowned the country's best poet in 1905 and died on 5 May 1912.

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• PoetryCuentos pintados para niñosRafael Pombo · 1867not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain