This sign is located on a building on Calle Constitucion in Mazatlan's historic center...not far from Plazuela Machado.
It is in Spanish and reads:
"AMADO NERVO
TEPIC 27- 08- 1870
MONTEVIDEO 24 -05- 1919
Porque por estas calles nuestra
encontraste tu inmenso amor por
la palabra, sirva este detalle como
eterno agradecimiento a tu presencia.
SOCIEDAD HISTORICA MAZATLECA
Enero 2001"
which translated is:
"Amado Nervo
TEPIC August 27,1870
MONTEVIDEO May 24,1919
Because of these streets of ours
was found your great love for
the word, this detail serves as
eternal gratitude for your presence.
MAZATLECA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
January 2001 "
Unfortunately neither the sign or internet search reveals the source of the quotation.
Wikipedia (
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"...also known as Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo was the Mexican Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay,[1] journalist, poet, and educator. His poetry was known for its use of metaphor and reference to mysticism, presenting both love and religion, as well as Christianity and Hinduism. Nervo is noted as one of the most important Mexican poets of the 19th century...
Published works
El bachiller (The Bachelor) 1895, novel
"Perlas Negras (Black Pearls)" 1898, poetry
"Místicas (Mystical)" 1898, poetry
"Poemas publicada en París (Poems published in Paris)" 1901, poetry
"El éxodo y las flores del camino (The exodus of the road and flowers)" 1902, poetry
"Lira heroica" 1902, poetry
"Los jardines interiores (The inner gardens)" 1905, poetry
Almas que pasan (Souls that pass) 1906, prose
"En voz baja (In a low voice)" 1909, poetry
Ellos (They) prose
Juana de Asbaje: biografía de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Joan of Asbaje: biography of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz) 1910, essay
"Serenidad (Serenity)" 1912, poetry
"Mis filosofías (My philosophy)" 1912, review
"Elevación (Elevation)" 1916, poetry
El diablo desinteresado (The Devil disinterested) 1916, novel
"Plenitud (Wholeness)" 1918, poetry
"El estanque de los lotos (The lotus pond)" 1919, poetry
"El arquero divino (Goalkeeper divine)" 1919, poetry, published posthumously
Los balcones (The balconies) 1922, novel
"La amada inmóvil (The Immovable Loved One)" 1922, poetry, published posthumously
"Gratia plena"
"Una Esperanza (A Hope)"
"Muerto y Resucitado (Death and Reincarnation)
"La raza de bronce (The Bronze Race)"
"Éxtasis (Ecstasy)""