Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
César Vallejo
Born: March 16, 1892
Died: April 15, 1938 (aged 46)
Bio: César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only three books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language.
Known for:
- Trilce (1922)
- Los Heraldos Negros (1919)
- Poemas Humanos
- Paco Yunque
- España, aparta de mí este cáliz