Área de identidad
Tipo de entidad
Persona
Forma autorizada del nombre
Cortés, Alfonso
Forma(s) paralela(s) de nombre
Forma(s) normalizada del nombre, de acuerdo a otras reglas
- Cortés, Alfonso, 1893-1969
Otra(s) forma(s) de nombre
- Alfonso Cortes
- Cortes, Alfonso
- Alfonso Cortés
Identificadores para instituciones
Área de descripción
Fechas de existencia
1893-1969
Historia
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).