Arturo Borja

Arturo Borja Pérez (Known as "Borja")

Modernist Poet, Leader of the Decapitated Generation, Author of 'La flauta de ónix'

Born 1892-09-15

Quito, Ecuador

Passed Away 1912-11-13 Quito, Ecuador

Lifespan 20 years old

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"Melancholy plays its dark onyx flute across the silent chambers of my heart."

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Brilliant, tragic pioneer of the 'Generación Decapitada' whose lyrical collection 'La flauta de ónix' and musical sonnets introduced French Parnassian decadence to Ecuador before his suicide at age twenty.

Biographical Record

Arturo Borja Pérez was born in Quito on September 15, 1892, a direct descendant of the Spanish Borgia dynasty. Sent to Paris in 1907 to recover from an eye ailment, Borja immersed himself in Mallarmé, Rimbaud, and Samain, returning to Quito as the charismatic herald of musical symbolism.

Forming a close literary circle with Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño and Humberto Fierro, Borja composed exquisitely refined verses. Shortly after his marriage to Carmen Rosa Sánchez, Borja took a fatal overdose of morphine on November 13, 1912, dying at only twenty years of age.

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Final Resting Place

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San Diego Cemetery (Cementerio de San Diego)
Quito, Ecuador

                         GPS: -0.2270, -78.5230                    

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