José Asunción Silva
José Asunción Silva | |
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| Born | José Asunción Silva Gómez 27 November 1865 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Died | 23 May 1896 (aged 30) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Occupation | Poet, author, novelist,political figure |
| Period | Symbolism, Fin de Siecle and Modern poetry |
José Asunción Silva (27 November 1865 in Bogotá – 23 May 1896 in Bogotá) was a Colombian poet and novelist. He is considered one of the leaders of Latin American Modern Poetry, following the paths of Baudelaire, Mallarmée and Verlaine.
A few critics related him with the Modernists, but recent studies from professors Klaus Meyer-Minnemann and María Dolores Jaramillo, supported on the total of his works, proves his place as a modern poet and not as a "modernist".