Darío Herrera (1870-1914) was a Panamanian Modernismo poet[2] and diplomat. He placed great importance on the example given by contemporary French writing.[3] His most important work is Horas lejanas y otros cuentos, a collection of short stories (published Buenos Aires 1903)

Darío Herrera
Born(1870-07-18)July 18, 1870[1]
Panama City, United States of Colombia[1]
DiedJune 10, 1914(1914-06-10) (aged 43)[1]
Valparaíso, Chile[1]
OccupationWriter & diplomat
GenrePoetry, short story
Literary movementModernismo

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  1. ^ a b c d Miró Grimaldo, Rodrigo (1999). "Itinerario de la poesía en Panamá (Tomo I)" [Itinerary of poetry in Panama (Volume I)] (PDF) (in Spanish). Biblioteca de la Nacionalidad - Autoridad del Canal de Panamá. p. 167. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  2. ^ Leslie Bethell (13 August 1998). A Cultural History of Latin America: Literature, Music and the Visual Arts in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Cambridge University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-521-62626-2.
  3. ^ Tim Middleton (2003). Modernism: 1971-1984. SUNY Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-415-24240-0.
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