Word: dario
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Whitesell, a rare-book cataloguer for Houghton Library, opened the book and found an inscription from the author to Ruben Dario...
...Dario, who wrote around the turn of the 20th century, is considered one of the foremost Spanish-language poets of all time...
...questions immediately came to mind," Whitesell said, "Where did Harvard get this book, since it most likely [originally] belonged to Dario? And did Harvard get any other books that Dario once owned...
Once he flipped over the small red-bound book, Whitesell realized that its back was inscribed with Dario's name, the year 1901 and a title...
When he opened the back cover he found pages of manuscript poetry in the same handwriting--it appeared that Dario had written new poems on the blank pages of the slim volume...