Pedro Geoffroy Rivas
Pedro Geoffroy Rivas (16 September 1908 - 10 November 1979) was an anthropologist, poet, and linguist. His poetic work marked a landmark in Salvadoran poetic development. A rebellious, individualistic poet, Rivas incorporated in his poetry the freedom to express himself openly without fear of ordinariness or anthropocentric turns.
Pedro Geoffroy Rivas

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- Name
- Pedro Geoffroy Rivas
- Born
- 16 September 1908
- Birthplace
- San Salvador, El Salvador
- Died
- 10 November 1979
- Education
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Nationality
- El Salvador
- Occupation
- anthropologist · linguist · poet · historian · university teacher · writer
- Fields
- anthropology · Spanish poetry · linguistics · history
- Languages
- Spanish
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Pedro Geoffroy Rivas (16 September 1908 - 10 November 1979) was an anthropologist, poet, and linguist. His poetic work marked a landmark in Salvadoran poetic development. A rebellious, individualistic poet, Rivas incorporated in his poetry the freedom to express himself openly without fear of ordinariness or anthropocentric turns.
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Biography
Biography
Rivas and Oswaldo Escobar Velado are known as the founders of the modern protest poetry of El Salvador. Rivas was a member of Mexican Communist Party and Salvadoran Communist Party in the 1930s. His work influenced Pablo Neruda.
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Key facts
• Name — Pedro Geoffroy Rivas • Born — 16 September 1908 • Birthplace — San Salvador, El Salvador • Died — 10 November 1979 • Place of death — San Salvador, El Salvador • Education — National Autonomous University of Mexico
Education
Education
Rivas studied Anthropology Mexico at the University of New Mexico and obtained his master's degree from the university.
Poetry
Poetry
• Canciones en el viento (1933) • Rumbo (1935) • Para cantar mañana (1935) • Solo Amor (1963) • Yulcuicat (1965) • Cuadernos del Exilio • Los nietos del jaguar (1977) • Vida, pasión y muerte del antihombre (1978)
Anthropology and Linguistics
Anthropology and Linguistics
• Toponimia náhuat de Cuscatlán (1961, corregida y aumentada 1973) • El español que hablamos en El Salvador (1969 y 1975) • El nawat de Cuscatlán - Apuntes para una gramática Tentativa (1969) • Mi Alberto Masferrer (1953) • La lengua salvadoreña (1978)
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Santa Ana.
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- 1.Ricardo Bogrand: Señas de identidad: tres poetas y una ciudad
- 2.Rafael Lara Martínez: Pedro Geoffroy Rivas, p. 1
- 3.La Prensa Gráfica: Lanzan antología de Geoffroy
- 4.Rafael Lara Martínez: Pedro Geoffroy Rivas p. 2
- 5.Patria peregrina
- 6.Rafael Lara Martínez: Pedro Geoffroy Rivas, la poetización de la ciencia, p. 237 y siguientes
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