September 8, 2026

Which Nicaraguan poet worked as a Buenos Aires correspondent for the newspaper La Nación in the 1890s, published 'Prosas profanas' in that city as a foundational text of Spanish literary modernism, and is celebrated as the greatest poet of his hometown of León?

A Rafael Alberti
B Gabriel García Márquez
C Miguel de Cervantes
D Rubén Darío

Rubén Darío (1867–1916) is widely regarded as the father of Spanish American modernismo. His 1896 collection 'Prosas profanas', published in Buenos Aires, reshaped Spanish-language poetry, and León honors him as a national literary icon.

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