José María Souvirón

Spanish poet
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSpanish poet
PlacesSpain
wasPoet Writer
Work fieldLiterature
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1904, Málaga, Málaga Province, Andalusia, Spain
Death1 January 1973 (aged 69 years)
The details

Biography

José María Souvirón (1904–1973) was a Spanish poet, writer, and professor.

He was a member of the Generation of '27, an influential group of Spanish poets. He was the founder of the literary magazine Ambos in Malaga (1923). He won the Miguel de Cervantes Spanish National Prize for Literature (1967). He served as a professor at the Catholic University, Santiago, Chile, and held the Director Ramiro de Maeztu chair at the Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, Madrid.

Selected works

Poetry

  • Gargola (1923)
  • Conjunto (1928)
  • Fuego a Bordo (1932)
  • Plural Belleza (1936)
  • Olvido Apasionado (1941)
  • Tiempo Favorable (1948)
  • El Solitario y la Tierra (1961)
  • El Desalojado (1969)
  • Poesia Entera (1973)

Novels

  • La Luz no esta Lejos (1945)
  • El Viento en las Ruinas (1946)
  • La Danza y el Llanto (1952)
  • Cristo en Torremolinos (1963)

Essays

  • "Amarilis" (1935)
  • "Compromiso y Desercion" (1959)
  • "El Principe de Este Siglo. La Literatura Moderna y el Demonio" (1967)
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