Félix Rubén García Sarmiento (January 18, 1867 – February 6, 1916), known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo (modernism) that flourished at the end of the 19th century. Darío has had a great and lasting influence on 20th-century Spanish literature and journalism. He has been praised as the "Prince of Castilian Letters" and undisputed father of the modernismo literary movement.[1]
Pati Aguilera celebrates the centenary of Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío's by illustrating his poem "A Margarita Debayle". Pati's lively and colorful illustrations make for a beautiful rendition of his words and tale of reaching for the stars.