Rubén Darío, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rubén Darío

Nicaraguan poet, periodist and writer

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1867

Place of Birth: Ciudad Darío, Matagalpa Department, Nicaragua

Date of Death: 06-Feb-1916

Profession: writer, reporter, poet, diplomat, journalist, autobiographer

Nationality: Nicaragua

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío (US: dah-REE-oh, Spanish: [ru'ßen da'?i.o]), was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century.
Darío has had a great and lasting influence on 20th-century Spanish literature and journalism.
He has been praised as the "Prince of Castilian Letters" and undisputed father of the modernismo literary movement.