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On the centenary of his death

Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío is remembered at El Palacio de Minería

February 20, 2016

During a talk-tribute held in the centenary of his death, Nicaraguan poet Ruben Darío was defined as a civic, human and dubious poet; a complex, unforgettable, bon vivant, drinker, big eater, wasteful man whose work, as an author, is not very accessible to the reader.

 The poet, critic and editor Ernesto Lumbreras; the poet, journalist and literary critic Luis Miguel Aguilar and Julio Trujillo, Publishing director of the Directorate of Publications of the Ministry of Culture attended the event at the XXXVII International Book Fair at  El Palacio de Minería.

The talk began with the peculiar story of how Ernesto Lumbreras, Luis Miguel Aguilar and Julio Trujillo first approached to Ruben Darío’s work.

 Luis Aguilar detailed that occurred during his childhood, when he read the "most popular" poems by Ruben Dario, such as Los motivos del lobo (The reasons of the Wolf), Margarita está linda la mar (Margaret the sea is beautiful) and Sonatina (Sonatina).

 “Over the years I learned that Ruben Dario is indivisible, I do not separate the Dario of many others' liking from the one who wrote poems as La Epístola (The Epistle), which is one of the most current and modernist things. "

 Ernesto Lumbreras explained that his contact was scenic when he had to recite with his brother the poem Las razones del lobo (The reasons of the Wolf), during a declamation competition at secondary school.

 Julio Trujillo revealed his approach to Ruben Dario’s work as a child reciting Los motivos del lobo (The Reasons of the Wolf), "a narrative and perfect poem that comes immediately in contact with the listener."

 Another addressed aspect was Ruben Dario's characteristics, and Luis Aguilar said he was a rich and wasteful poet, unforgettable from the first contact you have with his work and “he became popular in spite of not being an easy author and accessible to the reader. "

Ernesto Lumbreras said he was a civic, human, dubious poet, who also had as a recurring theme, the trip "and a person uncertain as to whether he was the protagonist or the creator of Modernism, but aware that he was the author of profane things".

 In Julio Trujillo’s opinion he was a bon vivant, drinker, big eater, professional writer, someone socially awkward who always had economic problems "and somehow he rented and sold his pen to the highest bidder in order to survive."

Finally, the writers agreed on the importance of Ruben Dario's work and if young people still read him. 

Luis Aguilar said he was a writer that burst into the Spanish language and changed everything. "In addition, his poems can be seen as a film scene where characters are being followed by the camera".

 Meanwhile, Ernesto Lumbreras said he was a legend, an extraordinary man who take us back to the word Modernism "and whose great contribution was the chronicle."

And Julio Trujillo commented he was a poet who knew the fame in life, he gave recitals in front of crowds and "he was good taking someone else's styles before putting them in an own voice, a writer who imitated, surpassed and transcended everything to renew the language" .

 

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