Agustini's parents belonged to families of recent immigrants: María Murtfeldt, born in Argentina, had German and Spanish roots, and Santiago Agustini was a Uruguayan of French descent. They educated their daughter at home and in the feminine fashion of a fin-de-siècle conservative family, sheltering her from the outside world. Since she was taught first by her mother and later by specialized teachers, she had little contact with other children. The art of writing poetry soon attracted her attention, and in 1896, when she was only ten years old, she began writing her first poems.
In 1902 Agustini began studying French and, later on, music, piano, and painting. She continued writing literary pieces, which she kept secret because of her family's rejection of her interest in poetry. As Agustini grew older, her poetry became more important to her physical and mental health. Her nights were often spent struggling to put her thoughts into poetic form. In 1905 the actress Sarah Bernhardt performed in Montevideo, and Agustini attended the play with great admiration. In 1906, at the age of twenty, she became engaged to a journalist, Amancio D. Solliers, with whom she broke up soon afterward.
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