Through love of his country, his heritage, his "Nicaro" (Nicaraguan) soul, and his language, Pablo Antonio Cuadra emerged as a powerful voice in twentieth-century Spanish American poetry. Poet, historian, religious leader, philosopher, and artist, "PAC," as he was called, counted among his works an extensive collection of verses, composed as entire books or published separately in literary journals (and later collected in book form), as well as essays, lectures, and many literary and historical articles published in various magazines. He also owned a literary journal and a press, El Pez y la Serpiente (The Fish and the Serpent), that attracted young talent. Additionally, he edited La Prensa (The Press), founded by his friend Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, the only daily newspaper that openly opposed the Sandinista regime after the 1979 Nicaraguan Revolution. Cuadra, a prolific writer, was an original, innovative poet who, throughout his life, had faith that...