Ernesto Cardenal

Born: 1925-01-20

Birthplace: Granada, Nicaragua

Biography

Ernesto Cardenal Martínez 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.

Known For

Nicaragua, una patria libre para vivir (la insurrección de los nietos de la revolución sandinista)
Merton: A Film Biography
The Inconclusive Independence
Solentiname
The Final Escape
Ernesto on Earth
Roque Dalton, Let's Shoot the Night!

Top Movie Credits

Merton: A Film Biography Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton
The Inconclusive Independence Self - Poet and Priest. Nicaragua