He left Nicaragua in his late teens and moved to El Salvador and later Chile, where he published Azul, a collection of poems and short stories, in 1888. This book is often considered to mark the beginning of the Spanish-American modernist movement.

What countries did Ruben Dario live in?

He left Nicaragua in his late teens and moved to El Salvador and later Chile, where he published Azul, a collection of poems and short stories, in 1888. This book is often considered to mark the beginning of the Spanish-American modernist movement.

Where did Ruben Dario go to school?

Rubén’s parents, Manuel Garcia and Rosa Sarmiento Alemán, separated before his birth. Félix was very intelligent as a child and learned to read when he was only three years old. In 1870 he enrolled in Jacoba Tellería’s kindergarten and later attended public school in 1874.