Ernesto Cardenal

Ernesto Cardenal Martínez (20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020) was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician. He was a liberation theologian and the founder of the primitivist art community in the Solentiname Islands, where he lived for more than ten years (1965–1977). A former member of the Nicaraguan Sandinistas, he was Nicaragua's minister of culture from 1979 to 1987. He was prohibited from administering the sacraments in 1984 by Pope John Paul II, but rehabilitated by Pope Francis in 2019.

Ernesto Cardenal
Cardenal in 2008
Born
Ernesto Cardenal Martínez

(1925-01-20)20 January 1925
Granada, Nicaragua
Died1 March 2020(2020-03-01) (aged 95)
Managua, Nicaragua
NationalityNicaraguan
Occupations
  • Poet
  • liberation theologian
Years active1954–2020
Known forNicaraguan cultural figure
Notable workThe Gospel in Solentiname
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