Rubén Darío Writer

Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío, 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.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Garcia Sarmiento Felix Ruben
Pseudonym	Rubén Darío
Birth date	January 18, 1867
Birth name	Félix Rubén García Sarmiento
Birth place	Nicaragua , Ciudad Darío , Matagalpa
Nationality	Nicaragua
Date of death	February 06, 1916
Place of death	Nicaragua , León Nicaragua