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Pedro Balmaceda
Pedro Balmaceda Toro was a Chilean writer and journalist, considered the promotor of the Modernismo school in Latin America.
He was born in Santiago, the son of Jose Manuel Balmaceda Fernandez and of Emilia de Toro Herrera. Since a very early age he suffered from a severe spinal deformation because his nanny accidentally dropped him while he was just a few months old. This deformity was compounded with a heart ailment that eventually caused his death. His physical infirmities permeated his vision of the world and gave him a high regard for physical beauty that was to shape his writings. ...
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