Manuel del Cabral, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Manuel del Cabral

poeta

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1907

Place of Birth: Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province, Dominican Republic

Date of Death: 14-May-1999

Profession: writer, poet, diplomat, author

Nationality: Dominican Republic

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Manuel del Cabral (7 March 1907, in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic – 14 May 1999, in Santo Domingo) was a Dominican poet, writer, and diplomat.
The son of Mario Fermín Cabral y Báez, an influential senator during the "Era of Trujillo", he served at the Embassy of the Dominican Republic to Argentina.
During his long stay in Buenos Aires, he married an Argentine and fathered his 4 children, among them, the television journalist and politician Peggy Cabral.
In 1992 he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Literatura.