Source: National Archives & Historic Records of El Salvador
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Alfredo Espino 🇸🇻

Edgardo Alfredo Espino Najarro (Known as "El Poeta Niño")
Lyric Poet, Author of the Immensely Popular 'Jícaras tristes'
Born Jan 08, 1900 🇸🇻 Ahuachapán, El Salvador
Passed Away May 24, 1928 San Salvador, El Salvador
Lifespan 28 years old
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"A little hut, a distant tree, a smoking mountain, and a morning star: that is all my heart asks of paradise."

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Beloved national poet whose posthumous collection 'Jícaras tristes' (Sad Gourds) is the most widely read book of poetry in Salvadoran history, celebrating volcanoes, coffee blossoms, and peasant life.

Biographical Record

Edgardo Alfredo Espino was born on January 8, 1900, in Ahuachapán into an artistic family. Earning a law doctorate from the University of El Salvador, Espino was tormented by bohemian melancholy and deep romantic crises.

Roaming the hills around San Salvador and Lake Ilopango, he penned crystal-clear, intensely musical sonnets celebrating the beauty of the countryside: 'Un rancho y un lucero', 'El nido', and 'Cañal en flor'. Ending his fragile life at age twenty-eight, his collection Jícaras tristes was published in 1932 with drawings by Salarrué, becoming a sacred text in every Salvadoran home.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Cementerio de Los Ilustres
San Salvador, El Salvador
GPS: 13.6940, -89.2010
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