Juana de Ibarbourou
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Juana de Ibarbourou 🇺🇾

Juana Fernández Morales de Ibarbourou
["Poet", "Feminist", "Juana de America"]
Born Mar 08, 1892 🇺🇾 Melo, Uruguay
Passed Away Jul 15, 1979 Montevideo, Uruguay
Lifespan 87 years old
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"Take me now that it is early and my head smells of clover and dew."

Archival Overview

Uruguayan poet proclaimed 'Juana de America' in 1929, renowned for her sensual, life-affirming celebrations of nature, motherhood, and female bodily sovereignty.

Biographical Record

Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979) burst into continental fame with her 1919 debut 'Las lenguas de diamante' ('Diamond Tongues'), celebrating erotic desire and pantheistic nature with uninhibited vitality. In 1929, an assembly of Latin American diplomats, writers, and students at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo officially crowned her 'Juana de America'.

Her later works, such as 'Estampa de Biblia' and 'La pasajera', turned toward spiritual reflection and mournful beauty. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

Key Life Milestones

1919

Publication of 'Las lenguas de diamante'

Published her sensuous poetry debut to instantaneous acclaim across the Spanish-speaking world.

1929

Consecration as 'Juana de America'

Officially crowned 'Juana de America' at a continental cultural assembly in Montevideo.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Buceo Cemetery
Montevideo, Uruguay
GPS: -34.9042, -56.1283
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