Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (born January 20, 1925) is a Catholic priest and was one of the most famous liberation theologians of the Nicaraguan Revolution. He is also famous as a poet, and he still writes. He was also the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands. January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Roman Catholic priests in clerical clothing. ... Liberation theology is a school of theology that focuses on Jesus Christ as not only the Redeemer but also the Liberator of the Oppressed. ... Primitivism is an artistic movement that looks to early human history and non-Western or childrens art for inspiration and makes use of themes or stylistic elements from prehistory and tribal cultures. ... The Solentiname Islands (in magenta) The Solentiname Islands (IPA /solεntiname/) are an archipelago towards the southern end of Lake Nicaragua (also known as Lake Cocibolca) near the Costa Rican border in the Nicaraguan department of Río San Juan. ...

Born into a rich family in Granada, Nicaragua, he studied literature first in Managua and from 1942 to 1946 in Mexico. Later, from 1947 to 1949, he continued his studies in New York and travelled through Italy, Spain and Switzerland between 1949 and 1950. Granada, with an estimated population of about 116,000 (2005) is the oldest city in Central America and the oldest on the mainland of the Americas. ... Coordinates: Country Nicaragua Department Managua Municipality Managua Founded 1819 Seat of the Government 1852 Capital of the Nation 1857  - Mayor Dionisio Marenco Area    - City 544 km²  - Urban 173. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... NY redirects here. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In July 1950, he returned to Nicaragua, where he participated in the 1954 "April Revolution" against Anastasio Somoza García's régime. The coup d'état failed and ended with the deaths of many of his comrades and friends. Ernesto Cardenal decided to enter the Trappist Monastery of Gethsemani (Kentucky, United States), under the other poet-priest Thomas Merton, but in 1959 he left to study theology in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anastasio Somoza García Anastasio Somoza García (February 1, 1896 – September 29, 1956) was officially the thirty-fourth and thirty-ninth President of Nicaragua, but ruled effectively as dictator from 1936 until his assassination. ... Trappist can refer to: a religious order - see Trappists some of the products, made by the order - see Trappist beer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογια, logia, words, sayings, or discourse) is reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ... Cuernavaca is the capital city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. ...

Cardenal was ordained a Catholic priest in 1965 in Managua. He went to the Solentiname Islands where he founded a Christian, almost monastic, community, which eventually led to the founding of the artists' colony. It was there that the famous book El Evangelio de Solentiname ("The Gospel of Solentiname") was written. Cardenal collaborated closely with the Sandinista National Liberation Front, fighting against Anastasio Somoza Debayle's régime. On 19 July 1979, the day of victory in the Nicaraguan Revolution, he was named Minister of Culture by the new Sandinista government. He occupied this office until 1987, when his ministry was closed owing to economic reasons. When Pope John Paul II visited Nicaragua in 1983, he openly scolded Cardenal, who knelt before him on the Managua airport runway, for resisting his order to resign from the government. The Pope admonished Cardenal: "Regularize your position with the Church." 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... This article is about the Nicaraguan left-wing political party. ... Anastasio (Tachito) Somoza Debayle (December 5, 1925 – September 17, 1980) was officially the forty-fourth and forty-fifth President of Nicaragua from May 1, 1967 to May 1, 1972 and from December 1, 1972 to July 17, 1979. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... Sandinista! is also the name of a popular music album by The Clash. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ... Official papal image of John Paul II. His Holiness Pope John Paul II, né Karol Józef Wojtyła (born May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland), is the current Pope — the Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ...

Ernesto Cardenal received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 1980. The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (German: Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels) is a peace prize given yearly at the Frankfurt Book Fair in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Cardenal left the FSLN in 1994, protesting the authoritarian direction (in his eyes) of the party by Daniel Ortega but kept his political convictions. He is a member in the board of advisers of the newly launched TV station TeleSUR. Sandinista! is also the name of a popular music album by The Clash. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (born 11 November 1945) is the current President of Nicaragua. ... For the unrelated telecommunications company in Suriname, see Telesur (Suriname). ...

He was recently (May 2005) nominated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes...

Bibliography

Poetry

• On Lake Nicaragua
• "Oración Por Marilyn Monroe"
• "The Doubtful Straits"
• "Golden UFOs"
• "Psalms"
• "The Cosmic Canticle"
• "A Telescope in the Dark Night"
• "The Parrots"

External links

• About Ernesto Cardenal - comprehensive bibliography
• Ernesto Cardenal en MarcaAcme.com
• Bishop Geoffrey Rowell on Cardenal, The London Times.