Aurelio Arturo

Biography

Aurelio Arturo Aurelio Arturo Martínez (1906–1974) was a Colombian poet, translator, teacher and lawyer. Although his poetic output is limited to seventy-odd poems, he is considered one of the most important Colombian poets of the twentieth century. He was born in La Unión in the southern province of Nariño. He was the first of seven children born to Heriberto Arturo Martínez and Raquel Martínez Caicedo. He studied law at university and pursued literature at the same time. He published poetry under multiple pseudonyms in various newspapers and magazines, for example, El Espectador, Golpe de dados, El Tiempo, Eco and El País. As early as 1928, his work was published by German Arciniegas. He became better known in 1931 with the publication of three poems in Crónica Literaria, the Sunday supplement of El País...

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