Q:Facts: - caption: daguerreotype of maria garcia granados - death date: 1878 5 10 - parents: general miguel garcia granados - birth date: 1860 - full name: maria garcia granados y saborio - name: maria garcia granados - nationality: guatemalan - image: maria_garcia_granados . jpg - birth place: guatemala city , - occupation: socialite Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maria garcia granados y saborio .
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maria garcia granados y saborio -lrb- 1860-may 10 , 1878 -rrb- , also known as la nina de guatemala -lrb- '' the little girl of guatemala '' -rrb- , was a guatemalan socialite , daughter of general miguel garcia granados , who was president of guatemala from 1871 to 1873 and whose house served as a gathering for the top artists and writers of the time .maria was also niece and granddaughter of maria josefa garcia granados , an influential poet and journalist of the time .when cuban poet and patriot jose marti came to guatemala in 1877 , he was invited to general garcia granados gatherings and fell in love with maria there , but could not correspond her because he was already engaged to marry ms. carmen zayas bazan .maria died in 1878 , shortly after learning that marti had married , and he immortalized her in his 1891 poem '' la nina de guatemala . ''