Luis C. López (1879 - 1950)

Luis Carlos López Escauriaza (11 June 1879 – 30 October 1950) was a Colombian poet, journalist and diplomat popularly known as "El Tuerto López" ("One-eyed López"). He pursued various occupations throughout his life, including those of apothecary, merchant, deputy, and consul. 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.