Julián del Casal

José Julián Herculano del Casal y de la Lastra, also known as Julián del Casal, was born on November 7, 1863, in Havana, Cuba. He was one of the leading forerunners of Modernism in Latin America. He published his first poetry collection, Hojas al viento [Leaves in the Wind], in 1890 and Nieve [Snow] in 1892. He died on October 21, 1893.