AGUSTINI, DELMIRA

born , Oct. 24, 1886, Montevideo, Uruguay died July 6, 1914, Montevideo one of the most important poets of South America. Agustini was the first woman in Latin-American literature to deal boldly with the themes of sensuality and passion, and her poems have a force lacking from most Modernist poetry of the period. Her life ended tragically when she was murdered by her estranged husband. Her chief works are El libro blanco (1907; The White Book), Cantos de la maana (1910; Morning Songs), Los clices vacos (1913; Empty Chalices), El rosaro del Eros (1924; Eros' Rosary), and Obras completas (1924; Complete Works).