Esther de Cáceres (1903 – February 3, 1971) was a poet and writer from
Uruguay.
Life
Cáceres was born in
Montevideo
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in 1903. She qualified as a doctor in
Montevideo
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.
She then taught humanities to trainee teachers whilst becoming part of the intelligentsia of Montevideo. In 1929 she published ''Las ínsulas extrañas'' and in 1931 ''Canción''. She published several other books of poetry including ''Concierto de amor y otros poemas'' which had an introduction by
Gabriela Mistral in 1951.
Cáceres died in
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
in 1971.
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References
1971 deaths
Writers from Montevideo
1903 births
Members of the Uruguayan Academy of Language
20th-century poets
20th-century Uruguayan women writers
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