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Francisco de Ass Len Bogislao de Greiff Haeusler , was a Colombian poet known for his stylistic innovations and deliberately eclectic use of obscure lexicon. Best known simply as Len de Greiff, he often used different pen names. The most popular were Leo le Gris and Gaspar de Nuit. De Greiff was one of the founders of Los Panidas, a literary and artistic group established in 1915 in the city of Medelln.

De Greiff was born on July 22, 1895 in the city of Medelln, Colombia to Luis de Greiff Obregn and Amalia Haeusler Rincna. His father was of Swedish ancestry and was the grandson of Karl Sigismund Fromholt von Greiffb, a Swedish engineer and geographer who moved to Colombia in 1825 and whose family had played an active role in the abdication of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden. De Greiffs mother was of German descent, the daughter of Heinrich Huslera . De Greiff was also the greatgrandson of Francisco Antonio Obregn Muoz, who had been Governor of Antioquia between 1836 and 1841.

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