Salvador Díaz Mirón (December 14, 1853 – June 12, 1928) was a Mexican

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. He was born in the port city of

Veracruz Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entit ...

. His early verse, written in a passionate, romantic style, was influenced by

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and

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. His later verse was more classical in mode. His poem, ''A Gloria'', was influential. His 1901 volume ''Lascas'' ("Chips from a Stone") established Diaz Mirón as a precursor of

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.''Columbia Encyclopedia'': Salvador Díaz Mirón
After a long period of exile, he returned to Mexico and died in Veracruz on June 12, 1928.

Work

*The Mexican Parnassus (1886) *Poetry (New York, 1895) *Poems (Paris, 1900) *Flakes (Xalapa, 1901 with several reprints) *Poems (1918) *Complete Poems (UNAM, with notes of Antonio Castro Leal, 1941) *Collection of poems (UNAM 1953) *Prosas (1954)

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1853 births 1928 deaths Mexican male poets 19th-century Mexican writers Members of the Mexican Academy of Language Writers from Veracruz People from Veracruz (city) 20th-century Mexican writers 20th-century Mexican male writers 19th-century Mexican male writers Burials at the Panteón de Dolores {{Mexico-poet-stub