CALLEJAS 



FELIX CALLEJAS 



Poet; journalist. 



Felix Callejas was born of Cuban 

 parents at Bogota, Colombia, on the eigh- 

 teenth of May, 1878. His first studies were 

 pursued in the Colegio of Belen and the 

 Institute of Havana. He began his liter- 

 ary career in the field of poetry, where his 

 success as a verse writer soon attracted 

 notice. His first volume of poetry, Vi- 

 braciones, won enthusiastic welcome from 

 the public. Among the noticeable poems in 

 this volume are " Noche de Baile," " Cuadro 

 de Sombres," "Cieno y Alma," "Praem- 

 ium," and "Entre llamas." In his later 

 verse may be mentioned "Armas y espigas," 

 which won the first prize in a competition 

 taken part in by the leading poets of Cuba. 

 The sonnet form is especially affected by 

 this writer and many of his sonnets are 



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