Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ecuadorian poet
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Place of Birth: Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador
About Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño
- Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (August 2, 1889 – December 7, 1927) was an Ecuadorian poet and a member of the "Generación decapitada" (The Decapitated Generation). Noboa y Caamaño came from a wealthy family in Guayaquil, and was always plagued by a neuroses that only morphine could temporarily cure.
- He sought to ameliorate his mental condition by traveling to Europe, but no matter what he tried, he felt hopelessly lost, and without spirit to overcome the loneliness of this world.
- His poetry, coated with unmatched delicacy and perfection, shows the influence of Samain, Verlaine and Baudelaire.
- Almost all of his work, marked by anxiety and loathing, was collected in a book titled "Romanza de las Horas" (Romance of the Hours), published in 1922.
- For some, his poem "Emoción vesperal" (Vesperal Emotion) marked a new era of poetry in Ecuador.
- He is one of the most read poets in Ecuador, and many of his poems are recited and sung by the people.
- He also wrote some works of criticism.
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