Ángel de Estrada (20 September 1872–28 December 1923) was an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

poet, novelist and writer. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1872 and died at sea off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1923. He was a great admirer and friend of the Nicaraguan poet

Rubén Darío Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío ( , ), was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-language literary movement known as ''modernismo'' (modernism) that flourished at the end of ...

and with heavy influences from Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio.

Family history

Born in Buenos Aires in 1840, the first Ángel de Estrada came from a long line of wealthy landowners and helped found the Sociedad Rural Argentina (Rural Argentine Society). His family connections plus large fortune helped him become a successful businessman. In 1869, he founded the publishing house, Editorial Estrada, which today forms part of the Macmillan Group. He continued similar ventures in the area of publishing, including opening the first paper factory in Argentina. De Estrada therefore provided many of the educational materials needed for the rapidly growing nation. Ángel de Estrada died in 1918. His son, of the same name, Ángel de Estrada, is well known perhaps because of the body of work left behind by his father.

Career

In 1889 Ángel de Estrada (son) began his career as a poet with several essays, but his best writings are done in prose, modernist style. He was a tireless traveler who loved France and Renaissance Italy. He had a great fortune and always showed signs of being a great gentleman. In his country he taught at the National College and the Academy of Arts. He also liked to write the chronicles of his travels and he wrote in various newspapers. He was characterized by his delicate musicality and aestheticizing spirit, plus an abundance of neologisms, and a marked tendency towards attention to detail in his description of landscapes and environments. He died at sea on the ship taking him back to

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

from a trip to Europe, near

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

in 1923.

Works

*El muerto armonioso (The harmonious dead) *Alma nómada (Nomad soul) *La esfinge (The Sphinx) *Calidoscopio (Kaleidoscope) *Cervantes y el Quijote (Cervantes and Don Quixote) *La señora (The lady) *Los espejos (The mirrors) *El triunfo de las rosas (The triumph of the roses) *El Color de la piedra (The color of the stone)

References

1872 births 1923 deaths 19th-century Argentine poets Argentine male poets 19th-century male writers {{Argentina-poet-stub