Emilio Oribe | |
Birth Date: | 13 April 1893 |
Birth Place: | Melo, Uruguay |
Death Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Birth Name: | Emilio Nicolás Oribe |
Emilio Nicolás Oribe (April 13, 1893 – May 24, 1975), was a Uruguayan poet and philosopher.
A professor at the University of the Republic, Uruguay, Oribe was dean of the university's Faculty of Humanities and Sciences and a member of the Uruguayan Academy of Letters.
As a poet, he developed an avant-garde style influenced by Ultraism.As a philosopher, he was a strong idealist, and often expressed himself using aphorisms.