Brígida Agüero

• Name — Brígida Agüero • Birthplace — Camagüey, Cuba • Died — February 26, 1866 • Place of death — Camagüey, Cuba • Mother — Ana Maria Agüero y Varona • Father — Francisco de Agüero y Estrada

Agüero suffered a slow decline in her health and died of consumption February 26, 1866, at 29 years of age. Her final poem, a sonnet titled Resignation, is one she wrote on her deathbed. According to Coronado, after her death, Agüero's "memory was honored with many respectful tributes. Cuban poets made a poetic funeral wreath regretting such a sad event." In 1955, Camagüey city officials considered naming one of its streets in the poet's honor citing her work, "as an outstanding student of the classes of literature of the Philharmonic Society of Puerto-Principe, having reaped great successes in 1861." After deliberation and, "using democracy, the president put the matter to a nominal vote and the name change was approved by a majority."

• Portrait of a young lady (1858) • Echoes of the soul (1858) • Inspiration (1858) • The Christian faith (1858) • Flowers of the soul (1859) • Lo Bello (1859) • To Mrs. Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1859) • To the Virgin (1859) • The Encounter (1859) • The Arts and Glory (1860) • Resignation (a sonnet written on her deathbed) In 1928, Agüero's poems were included in the third volume of José Manuel Carbonell's Evolution of Cuban Culture. 1608-1927. (Lyric poetry in Cuba, Havana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1928, p. 365-367.)