Amado Nervo was an American Hispanic poet. His poetry was known for its use of metaphor and reference to mysticism.

Amado Nervo: Real Name: Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo. Born August 27, 1870, Died May 24, 1919. Mexican poet born in Tepic, Mexico. His father died when he was 13. He was a journalist for a living. He founded in 1898, along with Jesús Valenzuela, La Revista Moderna ( the Modern Review ). He spent the first years of the 20th century in Europe, particularly in Paris. He then moved back to Mexico, where he was appointed plenipotentiary minister in Argentina and Uruguay.

In 1901 while he was in Paris he knew Ana Cecilia Luisa Dailliez, marrying her. They lived happily until her untimely death in 1912. Out of his grief and desperation, Nervo wrote his most important work La Amada Inmóvil ( The Motionless Loved One ), published posthumously in 1922. Other of his works are Perlas Negras ( Black Pearls ), 1898; Serenidad ( Serenity ), 1914, Elevación ( Elevation ), 1917 and Plenitud ( Plenitude ) 1918. He wrote mostly poetry, but also wrote short stories.

He was a modernist, in a similar way as Rubén Darío. His poetry deals with such themes as love, death, erotism, and mysticism, both Christian and Hinduist. He is perhaps the most important Mexican poet of the nineteenth century.

Sources: Enciclopedia Universal Sopena, Editorial Sopena, Barcelona, España ( Spain ), 1986

Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, United States, 1995