Virginia Brindis de Salas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Virginia Brindis de Salas

Uruguayan poet

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1908

Place of Birth: Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1958

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Uruguay

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Virginia Brindis de Salas (18 September 1908 – 6 April 1958) was a poet of the black community of Uruguay.
The country's leading black woman poet, she is also considered "the most militant among Afro-Uruguayan writers".
Her poetry addresses the social reality of Black Uruguayans.
Little is known about her life; according to Joy Elizondo, she claimed to be the niece of Cuban violinist Claudio Brindis de Salas, though this is unsubstantiated.