Julio Herrera y Reissig, (January 9, 1875 - March 18, 1910) was a Uruguayan poet who began his career during the late Romanticist period and later became an early proponent of Modernism.
He was the son of Dr. Manuel Herrera y Obes and nephew of government minister Dr. Julio Herrera y Obes, who would go on to become president of Uruguay. Julio Herrera y Reissig was born in Montevideo into a wealthy patrician family with connections to the social a...
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Julio Herrera y Reissig, (January 9, 1875 - March 18, 1910) was a Uruguayan poet who began his career during the late Romanticist period and later became an early proponent of Modernism.
He was the son of Dr. Manuel Herrera y Obes and nephew of government minister Dr. Julio Herrera y Obes, who would go on to become president of Uruguay. Julio Herrera y Reissig was born in Montevideo into a wealthy patrician family with connections to the social and cultural scene.
His only material limitation was his precarious health. In 1892, at age seventeen, a congenital heart defect, aggravated by typhoid fever, forced him to abandon his studies. Nor was he able to travel any great distance, and apart from a visit to Buenos Aires, he remained confined to Montevideo and the Uruguayan interior, including Castillo Piriá, near Piriápolis, where a plaque was unveiled in 1957 commemorating his residence there.
He relieved his boredom by becoming an avid reader, and beginning in 1900, he began holding...
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