Manuel Carpio
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Manuel Elogio Carpio Hernández (March 1, 1791 – February 11, 1860) was a Mexican poet, theologian, physician, and politician. Much of his poetry was religious or historical, with an inspiration for his poetry deriving from the Bible. He was a classicist who often used Romanticism. He wrote the earliest known literary depiction of the ghost La Llorona in a poem in 1849 and has received praise for his work.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carpio and the second or maternal family name is Hernández.
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Born | Manuel Elogio Carpio Hernández (1791-03-01)March 1, 1791 Cosamaloapan de Carpio, Veracruz, Mexico |
Died | February 11, 1860(1860-02-11) (aged 68) Mexico City, Mexico |
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