Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Cortés, Alfonso
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Cortés, Alfonso, 1893-1969
Other form(s) of name
- Alfonso Cortes
- Cortes, Alfonso
- Alfonso Cortés
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Description area
Dates of existence
1893-1969
History
Known as "El Poeta Loco" of Nicaragua, Merton had a profound respect for his works and metaphysical insights. Christine Bochen states that "[i]n a brief essay introducing his translations of poems by Cortés, Merton recalls Ernesto Cardenal's account of seeing Cortés chained to a beam in Rubén Dario's house, where he is said to have gone insane on February 18, 1927 (source: «The Courage for Truth», p. 176).