Who were the major poets of Spain’s Generation of 1927?

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Early 20th century black and white portrait of poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, seated and resting his face on his hand. — Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca.

The Generation of 1927 was a prominent group of Spanish writers who rose to fame in the late 1920s, named for the tercentenary of the death of Luis de Góngora y Argote. Unlike the earlier Generation of ’98, this group consisted almost exclusively of poets.1

The major poets of this movement included:

Federico García Lorca1
Rafael Alberti1
Jorge Guillén1
Vicente Aleixandre1
Luis Cernuda1
Pedro Salinas1
Gerardo Diego1
Dámaso Alonso1

These poets were influenced by Symbolism, Futurism, and Surrealism, often rejecting traditional meter and rhyme in favor of bold metaphors and symbolic imagery to express inner personal experiences.1