Eduardo Fabini was a Uruguayan composer born in 1882 in Solís de Mataojo, Uruguay. He spent his early childhood immersed in nature and is considered the highest positive influence on classical music in Uruguay. Mirta Olivera is a Uruguayan sculptor born in 1955 in Montevideo who began sculpting in 2004 and has had her work displayed internationally. Idea Vilariño was a Uruguayan poet, essayist and literary critic born in 1920 who was part of the intellectual group known as the "Generation of 45" along with several other Uruguayan writers.