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Landívar y Bustamante Rafael Maria
(1731—1793)

Rafael Landívar was born in Guatemala October 27, 1731, entered the Jesuits in 1750, and taught philosophy and theology in Guatemala. Banished from the Spanish colonies, he retired to Italy and wrote a five-volume Latin poem, Rusticatio Mexicana, that has caused him to be called the national poet of Guatemala. He died and was buried in Bologna, but later at the demand of students, his body was translated from Bologna to Guatemala.

Guatemala, 1943, Rafael Landivar

Guatemala, 1984, Rafael Landivar

Guatemala, 1984, Tomb of Landivar