Abstract A collection of 14 letters from Rubén Darío to Julio Piquet spanning 1894 to 1914. Rubén Darío was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo. Julio Piquet was the director of the Argentine newspaper La Nación beginning in 1886. The collection also contains: a photograph of Darío's son, Rubén Darío Sánchez (1907-1948); a letter written on mourning stationery from Francisca...

Abstract

This small collection contains four published items related to the Instituto Cultural Rubén Darío (Ruben Dario Cultural Foundation) of Los Angeles, California, which was founded to promote learning about Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario (1867-1916).