Ricardo Miró

About

Significant Panamanian poet and author of the early twentieth century. His modernist works include Silent Ways, Maria Flower, and The Pacific Legend.

Before Fame

He studied painting in Bogota, Colombia when he was fifteen years old. He subsequently worked for a decade for a publication called the Isthmus Herald.

Trivia

His name was given to an annual Panamanian literary prize.

Family Life

He was born and raised in Panama City. He died in his hometown at the age of fifty-six.

Associated With

He was a contemporary of famed American poet William Carlos Williams.