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Ernesto Cardenal

Born in January 20, 1925 / Nicaragua / Spanish

Ernesto Cardenal poet from Nicaragua was born on January 20, 1925 has 99 years. Poems were written mainly in Spanish language. Dominant movement is other.

Biography

Reverend Father Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (born January 20, 1925) is a Nicaraguan Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, a party he has since left. From 1979 to 1987 he served as Nicaragua's first culture minister. He is also famous as a poet. Cardenal was also the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977).. Nicaraguan Catholic priest poet and politician