Leopoldo Lugones ( Spanish: Leopoldo Lugones ; June 13, 1874 , Villa de Maria , Argentina - February 18, 1938 , Tigre , province of Buenos Aires ) - Argentine poet , writer and journalist , representative of Latin American literary modernism . One of the most famous Argentine poets of the XX century and a close friend of the famous Nicaraguan modernist poet Ruben Dario . He committed suicide in 1938 by taking a dose of cyanide .
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| Birth name | Leopoldo Lugones Arguello |
| Date of Birth | June 13, 1874 |
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| Place of death | Tigre , Buenos Aires Province , Argentina |
| Citizenship |  Argentina |
| Occupation | poet , prose writer , journalist |
| Direction | Latin American literary modernism |
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| Language of Works | Spanish |
| Awards | [d] ( 1924 ) |
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Content
Creativity
In his youth, Leopoldo Lugones was fond of socialist and anarchist ideas, later became a poet of the young Argentinean bourgeoisie , who joined the latest achievements of European culture. In 1892, he took up journalism, worked for the La Montaña newspaper, and made friends with Manuel Quintana , a presidential candidate in Argentina.
Along with Nicaraguan Ruben Dario , Lugones is one of the most significant modernists in Latin American poetry. In his first collection of poems “Golden Mountains” ( Las montañas de oro , 1897 ), Lugones paid tribute to romantic hobbies in the spirit of Almafuerte , but at the same time showed himself to be a talented and independent student of Edgar Allan Poe , Charles Baudelaire , Leconte de Lille and the Brazilian symbolist Cruz- e-Soups . Already in this collection the most characteristic features of the poetic appearance of Lugones were defined: virtuosity of rhythms, sophistication and aesthetics of images, addiction to mystical concepts.
Subsequent collections of poems created Lugones extraordinary popularity throughout Latin America. In the collection "Odes to the Century" ( Odas seculares , 1910 ) Lugones heroes the history of the Argentine bourgeoisie.
Poems
Collections
- Golden Mountains / Las montañas del oro (1897)
- Twilight in the Garden / Los crepúsculos del jardín (1905)
- Lunar songs / Lunario sentimental (1909)
- Ode to the Century / Odas seculares (1910)
- El libro fiel (1912)
- Book of landscapes / El libro de los paisajes (1917)
- Las horas doradas (1922)
- Romances del Río seco (published posthumously in 1939)
Stories
- Alien Forces / Las fuerzas extrañas (1906)
- Fatal Stories / Cuentos fatales (1926)
Publications in Russian
- Fire rain. St. Petersburg: ABC-Atticus, 2010.
Recognition
In Cordoba , the street is named after Lugones.