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Luis Carlos López

Luis Carlos López Escauriaza (11 June 1879 – 30 October 1950) was a Colombian poet popularly known as "El Tuerto López" ("One-eyed López"), though he merely suffered from strabismus rather than actual vision loss.

He pursued various occupations throughout his life, including those of apothecary, merchant, deputy, and consul. His literary production constitutes a critical reaction against the cosmopolitanism and aestheticism of Modernismo. In opposition to modernist rhetoric, López adopted a stripped-down and direct verse form, characterized by irony and a prose-like tone, thereby exposing the apathy of a declining provincial society.

Regarded as one of the masters of poetic caricature, his work was distinguished by irony, satire, and social criticism of provincial life during his era. He represents a fundamental pillar of Colombian and Spanish American lyrical modernity and is considered a precursor to the antipoetic tradition later exemplified by poets such as Nicanor Parra and Ernesto Cardenal. Provided by Wikipedia