Natalicio Talavera (poet)

Natalicio Talavera (1839–1867) was a Paraguayan poet and journalist widely regarded as one of the first major ports of post-independence Paraguay. He died of disease while serving during the Paraguayan War, which he covered extensively as a journalist.

Biography

Talavera was born in Villarrica, Paraguay on 8 September 1839. Born into a wealth family, he was educated in Villarrica and later in Asunción.[1] During the 1850s, he became a member of the "Aurora" movement (often described as a group or school), a circle of young Paraguayan philosophers and writers.[2][3]

Following the outbreak of the Paraguayan War in 1865, Talavera enlisted in the Paraguayan Army. While serving, he wrote reports on the war that came to be read by both sides of the conflict.[4] In 1867, he begat publishing an army newspaper, El Cabichuí, aimed at the Paraguayan forces, in an effort to boost morale.[2] However, while encamped near Humaitá, Talavera contracted cholera and his health rapidly declined.[5] He completed his last missive on 28 September and died on 11 October 1867.[2]

Legacy

Talavera's work is considered part of the Latin American Romantic movement, and he is identified in some sources as the leading poet of Paraguayan Romanticism.[6] He was posthumously awarded the National Order of Merit, and in 1972 the Paraguayan government declared 11 October the Day of the Paraguayan Poet.[2]

The town of Natalicio Talavera, founded in 1918, is named in his honor.[7]

References

  1. ^ Tissera, Ana. "History, poetics and doctrine: the national anthems of Paraguay." La Colmena: Journal of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico 97 (2018): 71-90.
  2. ^ a b c d "Natalicio Talavera, escribiendo sobre las páginas de la Guerra Grande - Articulos - ABC Color". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-20.
  3. ^ Williams, John Hoyt. "Foreign Tecnicos and the Modernization of Paraguay, 1840-1870." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 19, no. 2 (1977): 233-57. Accessed July 20, 2021. doi:10.2307/174705.
  4. ^ Warren, Harris Gaylord. "Journalism in Asunción under the Allies and the Colorados, 1869-1904." The Americas 39, no. 4 (1983): 483-98. Accessed July 20, 2021. doi:10.2307/981249.
  5. ^ Whigham, Thomas L. (December 2017). Road to Armageddon: Paraguay Versus the Triple Alliance, 1866–70 (PDF). University of Calgary Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-55238-810-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
  6. ^ Boat, José Vicente Peiró. "Literary manifestations of the XIX in Paraguay: La Aurora magazine." Arrabal (2000): p. 33-40.
  7. ^ "Natalicio Talavera – Municipalidad de Natalicio Talavera – Gobernaciones y Municipios" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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