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Also known as Jorge Guillen

Spanish poet (1893–1984)

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Jorge Guillén Álvarez (1893–1984) was a Spanish poet, writer, university teacher, and literary critic. Born in Valladolid, he was a member of the Generation of ‘27. Guillén received a doctorate from the Universidad Central and taught at Harvard University, the University of Murcia, the University of Seville, and Wellesley College. He wrote in Spanish and English.

His notable works include *La fuente*, *La cabeza a pájaros*, *La voz a ti debida*, *En torno a Gabriel Miró*, and *El crimen fue en Granada*. Guillén was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, and the Feltrinelli Prize. He was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. He died in Málaga and is buried in the English Cemetery in Malaga.

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Person · Open Library

Born
18 Jan 1893
Died
6 Feb 1984
Works
172

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Active from
1893
Active to
1984

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4
Total plays
10

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Quotes

  • Cuánto gozo a la flor dejaPreciosamente la abeja!

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Key facts

Born
Jorge Guillén Álvarez , ( 1893-01-18 ) 18 January 1893, Valladolid , Spain
Died
6 February 1984 (1984-02-06) (aged 91), Málaga , Spain
Spouses
Germaine Cahen ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1924 ; died 1947 ) ​ Irene Mochi-Sismondi ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 ) ​ – died</span>"}]]}'>d. 1984
Children
Claudio Guillén , Teresa Gilman née Guillén
Awards
Premio Cervantes , Premio Internacional Alfonso Reyes , Hijo Predilecto de Andalucía , Ollin Yoliztli Prize

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Encyclopedic overview

Jorge Guillén Álvarez ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ɣiˈʎen]; 18 January 1893 – 6 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, a university teacher, a scholar and a literary critic.

In 1957–1958, he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard University, which were published in 1961 under the title Language and Poetry: Some Poets of Spain. The final lecture was a tribute to his colleagues in the Generation of '27. In 1983, he was named Hijo Predilecto de Andalucía. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jorge Guillén” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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