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Born April 26, 1898 • Sevilla • Spain
Died December 14, 1984 (aged 86) • Madrid • Spain
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1977)
Notable Works “Historia del corazón” • “La destrucción o el amor” • “Poemas de la consumación”
Movement / Style Generation of 1927
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
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Spanish poet
Luis de León
Luis de León
Spanish poet
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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Spanish author
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Rosa Chacel
Spanish writer
Alberti, Rafael
Rafael Alberti
Spanish poet and playwright
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Jorge Guillén
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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Dámaso Alonso
Spanish writer
William Butler Yeats seated, wearing round glasses and a textured jacket, looking directly at the camera in a black and white portrait from around 1923.
William Butler Yeats
Irish author and poet
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Maurice Maeterlinck, c. 1890.
Maurice Maeterlinck
Belgian author
Eugenio Montale
Eugenio Montale
Italian author
Camilo José Cela
Camilo José Cela
Spanish writer
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Jacinto Benavente y Martínez
Spanish dramatist
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José Echegaray y Eizaguirre
Spanish dramatist
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Francisco Rodrigues Lobo
Portuguese poet
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Concha Espina de Serna
Spanish author
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer

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