Birth Name:

Roque Dalton

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, May 14, 1935

Time of Birth:

12:15 AM

Place of Birth:

San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador

Age:

89

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

22°

Tau

32'

Moon

3°

Lib

46'

Asc

19°

Aqu

28'

MC

27°

Sco

53'

About Roque Dalton

Roque Antonio Dalton García (San Salvador, El Salvador, 14 May 1935 – Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, 10 May 1975), born Roque Antonio García, better known as Roque Dalton, was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, journalist, communist activist, and intellectual. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets. He wrote emotionally strong, sometimes sarcastic, and image-loaded works dealing with life, death, love, and politics.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• El Salvador Tragic: 10 Roque Dalton Poems from 3 Books (translations)

• Poets.org on Roque Dalton

• Latin America's Clandestine Poet: Roque Dalton

• Nina Serrano on the assassination of a poet

• Poet Jack Hirschman letter to The Nation magazine concerning Roque Dalton

• Selection of poems in Spanish

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Roque Dalton

Astrological portrait of Roque Dalton

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Roque Dalton: Sun 22 Taurus, Moon 3 Libra, Mercury 10 Gemini, Venus 2 Cancer, Mars 6 Libra, Jupiter 17 Scorpio, Saturn 9 Pisces, Uranus 2 Taurus, Neptune 11 Virgo, Pluto 24 Cancer, Asc 19 Aquarius, Mc 27 Scorpio, Moon Square Venus, Sun Square Ascendant, Sun Opposition Jupiter, Moon Conjunct Mars, Mercury Square Saturn, Mercury Square Neptune, Sun Sesquiquadrate Mars, Sun Sextile Pluto, Moon Semi Square Jupiter, Moon Quincunx Uranus, Moon Sesquiquadrate Ascendant, Mercury Trine Mars, Mercury Semi Square Pluto, Venus Square Mars, Venus Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Venus Sextile Uranus, Venus Sesquiquadrate Ascendant, Mars Quincunx Saturn, Mars Sesquiquadrate Ascendant, Jupiter Square Ascendant, Saturn Opposition Neptune, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto, Pluto Trine Midheaven

Categories related to Roque Dalton: May 14 births, Male poets, 1975 deaths, 20th-century poets, People murdered in El Salvador, People from San Salvador, Murdered male writers, 1935 births, Communist poets, Communist writers, Marxist journalists, Assassinated Salvadoran people, Salvadoran emigrants to Mexico, Salvadoran communists, Salvadoran poets, Salvadoran male writers, Salvadoran revolutionaries, University of El Salvador alumni, 1975 crimes in El Salvador, 1975 murders in North America, 1970s murders in El Salvador

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