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Born	January 18, 1893 • Valladolid • Spain
Died	February 6, 1984 (aged 91) • Málaga • Spain
Awards And Honors	Cervantes Prize (1976)
Notable Works	“Cántico”
Movement / Style	Generation of 1927

Alberti, Rafael

Rafael Alberti

Spanish poet and playwright

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Dámaso Alonso

Spanish writer

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

Spanish writer

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Rosa Chacel

Spanish writer

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Vicente Aleixandre

Spanish poet

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Pedro Salinas y Serrano

Spanish writer

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Luis Cernuda

Spanish poet and critic

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Gerardo Diego

Spanish poet and musicologist

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Concha Espina de Serna

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Spanish writer

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spanish author

Lope de Vega

Lope de Vega

Spanish author

Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, oil painting attributed to El Greco; in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga

Spanish soldier and poet

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Spanish poet

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St. John of the Cross

Spanish mystic

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Spanish poet

Luis de León

Luis de León

Spanish poet

Spanish poet Quevedo y Villegas

Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas

Spanish writer

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Juan Ruiz

Spanish poet

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José Ángel Valente

Spanish poet and essayist

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