José María Gruesso
José María Gruesso (* 1779 in Popayán ; † May 3, 1835 ibid) was a Colombian poet.
The son of wealthy parents attended the Colegio Seminario in his hometown and then studied law in San Bartolomé. He was a canon at the Cathedral of Bogotá. While studying in San Bartolomé, he met Manuel del Socorro Rodríguez , whose literary society Tertulia Eutropélica he belonged to alongside José María Valdés , Francisco Antonio Rodrigues and others.
Gruesso is considered to be an early representative of romanticism in Latin America. His Lamentación de Pubén , which was created in 1820 and appeared in Bogotá in 1825, and Las noches de Geussor (1804) were best known .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gruesso, José María |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1779 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Popayan |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1835 |
| Place of death | Popayan |