Salvador Díaz Mirón | |
Birth Name: | Salvador Antonio Edmundo Espiridión y Francisco de Paula Díaz Ibáñez |
Birth Date: | 1853 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Veracruz, Mexico |
Death Place: | Veracruz, Mexico |
Occupation: | Writer, politician, journalist |
Nationality: | Mexican |
Salvador Díaz Mirón (December 14, 1853 - June 12, 1928) was a Mexican poet. He was born in the port city of Veracruz. His early verse, written in a passionate, romantic style, was influenced by Lord Byron and Victor Hugo. His later verse was more classical in mode. His poem, A Gloria, was influential. His 1901 volume Lascas ("Chips from a Stone") established Diaz Mirón as a precursor of modernismo.[1] After a long period of exile, he returned to Mexico and died in Veracruz on June 12, 1928.