She was born in a well-off family, the daughter of Juan Ignacio Sansores Escalante and Laura Prén Cámara, who tried to dissuade her from writing poetry at a young age. At the age of fourteen she married
Cuban Antonio Sangenis and moved to
Havana, where she lived for 23 years. During the time that she dwelled in
Cuba, she dedicated herself to writing articles on social issues in newspapers and magazines. In 1911 she began to publish books of her poetry, most of them signed with pseudonyms. In 1918, when Rosario Sansores was 29 years old, her husband died. She subsequently published works of poetry such as
Mientras se va la vida (
While Life Is Going) (1925) and
Rutas de emoción (
Routes of Emotion) (1954). Sansores declared herself contrary to modern trends in poetry (from the mid-20th century), and she declared herself corny: She returned to Mexico in 1932 along with her two daughters, Despite the fact that her poems served as the basis for the creation of numerous songs in
South America—especially in Ecuador and
Colombia—,Rosario Sansores visited those lands on very few occasions. In fact, she was only in Ecuador once, in 1967, when she was the guest of honor of the
Guayaquil Association of Journalists, received a literary award, and was declared a gold poet by
President Otto Arosemena. In
Spain,
composer set the poem "Nostalgia" to music, composing a song for
tenor and
piano.
Death She died in Mexico City, on 7 January 1972, when she was 82 years old. ==Books==