Pen name Pia Rigan Genre Poetry Language Spanish Name Agripina Agudelo | Nationality Colombian Role Poet Period 1853—1892 Literary movement Costumbrismo | |
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Born 4 March 1833
Honda, Cundinamarca,
New Granada ( 1833-03-04 ) Children Roberto Ancizar Samper
Pablo Ancizar Samper
Ines Ancizar Samper
Jorge Ancizar Samper
Manuel Ancizar Samper Died April 22, 1892, Paris, France Spouse Manuel Ancizar (m. 1857–1882) Similar People Manuel Ancizar, Bartolome Calvo, Santiago Perez de Manosalbas, Enrique Olaya Herrera | ||
How to pronounce agripina samper agudelo colombian spanish colombia pronouncenames com
Agripina Casimira de los Dolores Samper Agudelo (4 March 1833 — 22 April 1892) was a Colombian poet. Having a literary family, she received an education not easily accessible to women of her time and country. She wrote prose and poetry under the pseudonym "Pía-Rigán", an anagram of her given name. Her work remained unpublished during her lifetime and was only anthologized and published posthumously.
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- How to pronounce agripina samper agudelo colombian spanish colombia pronouncenames com
- Personal life
- Selected works
- References
Personal life
Born Agripina Casimira de los Dolores on 4 March 1833 in the city of Honda, then part of the Department of Cundinamarca, her parents were José María Samper Blanco and María Tomasa Agudelo y Tafur, she was their only daughter and seventh out of the eight children born to José María and María Tomasa. Two of her siblings stand out: José María, who married Soledad Acosta Kemble, both were writers and journalists in their own right; and Miguel, writer and prominent politician. On 4 July 1857 she married Manuel Ancízar Basterra, a scientist and writer, and out this marriage were born Roberto, Pablo, Inés, Jorge, and Manuel. When she widowed in 1882, she moved with her children to Paris, where she died on 22 April 1892.