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Bio

(1925-2020) Poet. Ernesto Cardenal was born in Granada, Nicaragua, and died in Managua, Nicaragua. He studied literature at Columbia University in New York.

Full Name

Ernesto Cardenal

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1925

BIRTH

Ernesto Cardenal Martinez was born in Granada, Nicaragua, on January 20, 1925.

1947

OTHER

Father Cardenal studied literature at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, from 1947 to 1949.

1971

LITWORK

In Cuba
New York, NY: New Directions Publishing
081120538X ISBN-13: 978-0811205382
Poetry.

1974

LITWORK

Apocalypse and Other Poems
New York, NY: New Directions Publishing

Poetry.

1980

LITWORK

Zero Hour and Other Documentary Poems
New York, NY: New Directions Publishing
0811207676 ISBN-13: 978-0811207676
Poetry.

1995

LITWORK

Flights of Victory/Vuelos de victoria
Willmantic, CT: Curbstone Books
0915306743 ISBN-13: 978-0915306749
Poetry.

1995

LITWORK

The Doubtful Strait/El estrecho dudoso
Indiana University Press
025320903X ISBN-13: 978-0253209030
Poetry.

2002

LITWORK

Cosmic Canticle
Willmantic, CT: Curbstone Books
1880684934 ISBN-13: 978-1880684931
Poetry.

2006

LITWORK

Love: A Glimpse of Eternity
Paraclete Press
1557254915 ISBN-13: 978-1557254917
Nonfiction.

2009

LITWORK

Pluriverse: New and Selected Poems
New Directions
0811218090 ISBN-13: 978-0811218092
Poetry.

2010

LITWORK

The Gospel in Solentiname
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books
1570759022 ISBN-13: 978-1570759024
Nonfiction.

2011

LITWORK

The Origin of Species and Other Poems
Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press
0896726894 ISBN-13: 978-0896726895
Poetry.

2020

DEATH

Ernesto Cardenal died in Managua, Nicaragua, on March 1, 2020.

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