Hojas al viento

poems by Casal

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In Julián del Casal
His first volume of poetry, Hojas al viento (1890; “Leaves in the Wind”), clearly shows the influence of the French Parnassian poets, especially Baudelaire. Throughout his poetry, Casal expressed an almost compulsive preference for the artificial and man-made over the natural. A chronic invalid, he died of tuberculosis while preparing…
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