Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Vicente Huidobro
Born: January 10, 1893
Died: January 2, 1948 (aged 54)
Bio: Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. He is known for promoting the Avant-garde literary movement in Chile, and the creator and greatest exponent of the literary movement called Creacionismo.
Known for:
- Altazor (1931)
- Temblor de cielo (1942)
- Manifest/Manifestos
- Poemas árticos (1918)
- Mío Cid Campeador (1929)