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Ramón López Velarde

Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author (died 1921)

Born
June 15, 1888
Died
June 19, 1921
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1888

About Ramón López Velarde

Ramón López Velarde was a Mexican poet. His work was a reaction against French-influenced modernismo which, as an expression of a purely Mexican subject matter and emotional experience, is unique. He achieved great fame in his native land, to the point of being considered Mexico's national poet. In 1915 López Velarde began to write more personal poems, marked by their nostalgia for his native Jerez (to which he would never return), and for his first love, "Fuensanta". José, after an unsuccessful law career, had founded a Catholic school in Jerez.

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The world when Ramón López Velarde was born

Ramón López Velarde was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

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Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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