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Solomon of Jesus Selva (León,

Nicaragua; March 20, 1893 - Paris,
France; February 5, 1959) was a
Nicaraguan poet and politician. He is a
member of the group The Three Big (with
Azarías H. Pallais and Alfonso Cortés).

Salomón de la Selva was the son of a

lawyer Salomón Selva, who fought
against the dictatorship of José Santos
Zelaya. When he was 12 years old, his
father was arrested and sentenced to
prison. Solomon appeared before Zelaya
during his visit to León and offered him a
speech in which he recalled the rights of
man and the citizen being to the liking of
the dictator, who ordered the release of
his father and offered him a scholarship
to study in the United States, where he
left at the age of 13.

He studied at Williams College in

Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he
would work as a Spanish teacher with
Professor César Parrales.

In the winter of 1914-1915 he met Rubén

Darío in New York, whom he
accompanied to a recital lecture offered
at Columbia University on February 4,
1915.

In 1918 he published his poetry book

Tropical Town and Other Poems in New
York. During these years he frequented
the literary circles of young New York
poets, including Stephen Vincent Benét
and Edna St. Vincent Millay, with whom
he had an affair.

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He participated in World War I as a soldier

in the British forces, poured his
experiences into a book of poetry, The
Unknown Soldier, written in Spanish and
published in Mexico in 1922 with
illustrations by Diego Rivera.

In the American trade union movement,

he became secretary of the worker
leader Samuel Gompers.

Between 1925 and 1929 he lived in

Nicaragua, dedicated himself to labor-
trending union activism, promoted the
affiliation of the Nicaraguan Workers'
Federation to the Central Pan-American
Workers, which in turn attached to the
American Labor Federation.

Around 1930 he campaigned in

Nicaragua in favor of the libertarian feat
of General Augusto C. Sandino published
journalistic notes in San José, Costa Rica,
in media such as the Diario de Costa Rica
and in the American Repertoire of
Joaquín García Monge.

In 1935 he settled in Mexico City, where

he came to influence Mexican politics;
together with his brother Rogerio de la
Selva, he became an advisor to President
Miguel Alemán Valdés. On February 4,
1952, he was elected an honorary
member of the Mexican Academy of
Language.

Posthumous:

"Salmon of the Jungle" special. Hallali.

Journal of cultural studies on the Great
War and the Hispanic world. 2011

English Version > Solomon of the Jungle

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Chepe luis:
Because the poet Solomon Selva added in his
surname, from the jungle.
2022-10-21 18:08:23

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Who was Salomon de la salve's mother... and
what is the origin of Salomon from the jungle?
2022-08-07 20:08:16

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