Salome Urena

October 21, 1850 (age 46)

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Born in Santo Domingo in 1850, she was one of the central figures of lyrical poetry of the 19th century and an innovator of women"s education in her country. At an early age Salomé was well influenced by literature. Her father taught her the classic works of Spanish and French writers that helped the young Salomé to develop her own career. She began publishing her first works at the age of seventeen and soon became known for her spontaneity and tenderness. Later on, her poetry became more tragic and sad with poems such as "En horas de angustia" (In Hours of Anguish) or very patriotic and strong in poems such as "Louisiana Patria" (The Motherland) and "Ruinas" (Ruins). She had four children with him: Francisco, Pedro, Max, and Camila Henríquez Ureña. Their children would later become highly respected figures of the mid and late 20th century as writers, philosophers, poets, and critics of the arts Within five years, the first six female teachers were graduated from the Institute, something uncommon at the time. Ureña died on March 6, 1897, due to complications with tuberculosis. She was 46 years old.

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Salomé Ureña was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on October 21, 1850. She was the daughter of writer Nicolás Ureña de Mendoza and Gregoria Díaz de León, who gave her daughter her first lessons of education.

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Born in Santo Domingo in 1850, she was one of the central figures of lyrical poetry of the 19th century and an innovator of women"s education in her country. At an early age Salomé was well influenced by literature. Her father taught her the classic works of Spanish and French writers that helped the young Salomé to develop her own career.

She began publishing her first works at the age of seventeen and soon became known for her spontaneity and tenderness.

Later on, her poetry became more tragic and sad with poems such as "En horas de angustia" (In Hours of Anguish) or very patriotic and strong in poems such as "Louisiana Patria" (The Motherland) and "Ruinas" (Ruins). She had four children with him: Francisco, Pedro, Max, and Camila Henríquez Ureña.

Their children would later become highly respected figures of the mid and late 20th century as writers, philosophers, poets, and critics of the arts Within five years, the first six female teachers were graduated from the Institute, something uncommon at the time.

Ureña died on March 6, 1897, due to complications with tuberculosis.

She was 46 years old.

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