Jorge Guillén
Poet, Author
1893 – 1984
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Who was Jorge Guillén?
Jorge Guillén y Álvarez was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, as well as a university teacher, scholar and literary critic.
In 1957-8 he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard University. These 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.
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- Born
- Jan 18, 1893
Valladolid - Also known as
- Jorge Guillen
- Children
- Nationality
- Spain
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Complutense University of Madrid
Literature
( - 1924)
- PhD, Complutense University of Madrid
- Lived in
- Málaga
(1976 - 1984/02/06)
- Málaga
- Died
- Feb 6, 1984
Málaga
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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