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Manuel GutiErrez NAjera[mAnwel´ gOOtyAr´rAs nA´hArA] Pronunciation Key, 1859–95, Mexican poet and journalist. One of the precursors of modernismo, he founded the literary periodical Revista Azul. His elegant poetry, edited after his death, is delicately musical and wistful; it reflects the influence of BEcquer and of the French symbolists and shows the transition from romanticism to modernism. He also wrote exquisite, often humorous prose, notably in Cuentos frAgiles [gossamer stories] (1883) and Cuentos de color de humo [smoke-colored stories] (1898).
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