Elmira Antommarchi (born in

Cúcuta Cúcuta (), officially San José de Cúcuta, is a Colombian municipality, capital of the department of Norte de Santander and nucleus of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta. The city is located in the homonymous valley, at the foot of the Eastern ...

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) was a Colombian poet who published numerous poems. All her poems appear in various

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. Elmira's sisters,

Hortensia Antommarchi Hortensia Antommarchi (1850 – 1915, in Cúcuta, Colombia) was a Colombian poet who published numerous poems. Hortensia's sisters, Dorila Antommarchi and Elmira Antommarchi, were also published poets. Hortensia died in 1915 in Cúcuta, Colombia ...

and

Dorila Antommarchi Dorila Antommarchi de Rojas (1850s – 1923) published numerous poems and sometimes used the pseudonym Colombiana. All her poems appear in various anthologies. Her sisters, Hortensia Antommarchi and Elmira Antommarchi, were also published po ...

, were also published poets. Elmira died in

.Por Añez, Julio, Groot, José María Rivas, "Parnaso colombiano: Colección de poesías escogidas por Julio Añez", 188

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