La vida de HUMBERTO FIERRO

HUMBERTO FIERRO ALSO WAS: Ecuadorian poet pertaining to the call decapitated Generation, composed by poets of the creole aristocracy. Son of a well-to-do family, he acquired a thorough education, and devoted much of his time to reading his favorite authors on his parents' estates. Humberto Fierro Of an exasperated, introverted, simple and modest sensibility, he served all his life as an amanuensis in an office of the Public Ministry, without worrying about improving his economic situation. He focused all his dedication on poetry, music and painting, and excelled mainly in the first of these fields. Together with Arturo Borja, Ernesto Noboa Caamaño and Medardo Angel Silva, Humberto Fierro forms the group of modernists called the Generation decapitated. Following in the footsteps of the Nicaraguan Rubén Darío, the Ecuadorian modernists break with the traditional forms of poetry, renounce the rigidity of the measured verse and give preference to the inner rhythm; but, above al...

Works  The main works of Fierro, in which the transparency of his language, where he was sometimes simple and sometimes something farfetched, can be clearly emphasized; they are immersed in poetry books; "The Lute in the Valley," published in 1919 and "La Velada Palatina," published and edited in 1949, 20 years after his death. In the same way, these include other of his poems like "Your Hair", "The Children", "Romance of Hunt", and "Dry Leaves". Your hair It is about a woman of advanced age, comparing his age with the sadness that he feels. He emphasizes that although this advanced age does not have gray hair. That woman is kind, emotional, transparent in her action, persevering, confident and firm thinking; so the author admires her and loves her a lot by making her feel like a muse. The author feels that this lady is a base for him, where he is comforted when he feels discouraged; but as soon as he remembers that he can not...

Life and education :Humberto's life end education : was privileged and of great care, spending his time in reading books about his favorite authors, in the properties owned by his parents. From a very young age, he devoted himself passionately to reading, especially by the authors of the Orient. Fierro, came to pass times of six months, in which it was locked up, letting the hair grow to the level of the shoulders. When he was introverted, he discarded social relations, and the overwhelming noise, seeking solitude and peace, in one of the peasant properties of his parents. Due to his simplicity and modesty, he spent his entire life as an amanuensis or secretary in an office belonging to the Public Ministry, without getting distressed at economic progress. He concentrated all his dedication and commitment on poetry, music and painting, standing out in the first of these. Humberto Fierro was struck by scientific and philosophical readings, alternating ...

HUMBERTO FIERRO Humberto Fierro (Quito, June 17, 1890 - Quito, 1929) 1 was an Ecuadorian poet belonging to the so-called Generation decapitated, composed by several poets of the early twentieth century. Son of a wealthy family made up of Mr. Enrique Fierro Rosero and Mrs. Amalia Jarrín Zapata. He acquired careful education and in the properties of his parents, in Quito and in Miraflores in Cayambe, as a teenager he devoted a lot of time to reading his favorite authors and poets. In it stood out philosophical and scientific readings and especially of the French symbolist poets and Parnassians. He belonged to the modernist generation and made great friendships with Arturo Borja, Ernesto Noboa, and the group of poets to whom the writer Raúl Andrade described as the "Decapitated Generation". His main works, in which he can clearly appreciate the purity of his language, sometimes simple, others twisted and farfetched, Introverted, modest and simple are gathered in his two poe...