Career

Born in Tacna, Peru on May 12, 1868, his Symbolist-influenced verse, which frequently took advantage of free verse forms, was important in the development of Latin American modernism. Freyre spent much of his time abroad, especially in Argentina. He founded, in collaboration with Rubén Darío the "short-lived but influential" review Revista de América.

Freyre died in Banfield, Argentina on April 24, 1933.