Occupation Poet Name Ricardo Miro Literary movement Modernism | Nationality Panamanian Role Writer | |
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Born November 5, 1883
Panama City, ( Panama) ( 1883-11-05 ) Died March 2, 1940, Panama City, Panama | ||
Poesía Patria de Ricardo Miró. Profesora Teresa Hill
Ricardo Miro (Panama City, Panama, November 5, 1883 - March 2, 1940), was a Panamanian writer and is considered to be the most noteworthy poet of this country.
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He traveled to Bogota at the age of fifteen to study painting, but was forced to return to Panama in 1899 due to the Thousand Days' War. The magazine Isthmus Herald, where he worked for 10 years, published his first verses.
Miro traveled to Spain between 1908 and 1911 where he had the position of consul in Barcelona. In 1909 his poem "Native Land" was published. His work was characterized as being nostalgic and filled with the author's thoughts about living away from his own native land. In 1917 he returned to Panama to serve as director of the National Archives until 1927, and as a secretary for the Academia Panamena de la Lengua until 1940.
He is the national poet of Panama.
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A posthumous annual literary prize was named in his honour, the Ricardo Miro National Literary Contest of the Republic of Panama. The prize was to encourage writers of poetry and fiction in Panama and in 1952 was extended to include works for theater.
In celebration of 100 years since his birth, Miro's completed works were published in two volumes by the National Institute of Culture of Panama.