Dámaso Alonso

Also known as o Alonso, Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas

Spanish poet, philologist, and literary critic

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Dámaso Alonso is indexed among the 51 entries in Vinony's Cervantes Prize collection.

Vinony's link graph records 153 inbound references to Dámaso Alonso, and connects out to Miguel de Cervantes Prize, philosophy and Madrid.

It sits within the topics 1898 births, 1990 deaths and 20th-century Spanish male writers.

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Born: 22 Oct 1898
Died: 25 Jan 1990
Works: 199

Top works

Los decires narrativos del marqués de Santillana
El crimen fue en Granada
Homenaje Litoral
El hospital de los podridos, y otros entremeses alguna vez atribuídos a Cervantes
La amistad entre el médico y el enfermo en la Edad Media

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Key facts

Born: Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas , ( 1898-10-22 ) 22 October 1898, Madrid , Spain
Died: 25 January 1990 (1990-01-25) (aged 91), Madrid, Spain
Preceded by: Miguel Asín Palacios
Succeeded by: Francisco Rodríguez Adrados

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Spain
Place of birth: Madrid
Place of death: Madrid
Occupation: romanist
Employer: University of Valencia
Languages spoken: Spanish
Native language: Spanish
Award: Miguel de Cervantes Prize
Doctoral student: Fernando Lázaro Carreter
Image: Dámaso Alonso.jpg

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date of birth: 1899-10-22
date of death: 1990-01-25
member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Commons category: Dámaso Alonso
place of burial: La Almudena Cemetery
writing language: Spanish

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Dámaso Alonso, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Góngora y la literatura contemporánea

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Encyclopedic overview

Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards.

Early life and education

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