- Vicente Aleixandre
Infobox Writer
name = Vicente Aleixandre
birthdate = birth date|1898|4|26|mf=y
birthplace =Seville ,Spain
deathdate = death date and age|1984|12|13|1898|4|26|mf=y
deathplace =Madrid ,Spain
occupation =Poet
nationality = Spanish
awards = awd|Nobel Prize in Literature |1977Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (April 26, 1898 — December 13, 1984) was a Spanish
poet who was born inSeville . [ [http://www.enotes.com/twentieth-century-criticism/aleixandre-vicente Vicente Aleixandre Criticism ] ] Aleixandre was aNobel Prize laureate for Literature in 1977. He was part of theGeneration of '27 . He died inMadrid in 1984.Aleixandre's early poetry, which he wrote mostly in free verse, is highly surrealistic. It also praises the beauty of nature by using symbols that represent the earth and the sea. Many of Aleixandre's early poems are filled with sadness. They reflect his feeling that people have lost the passion and free spirit that he saw in nature.
His works
His early collections of poetry include "Passion of the Earth" (1935) and "Destruction or Love" (1933). In 1944, he wrote "Shadow of Paradise", the poetry where he first began to concentrate on themes such as fellowship, friendliness, and spiritual unity. His later books of poetry include "History of the Heart" (1954) and "In a Vast Dominion" (1962).
Aleixandre studied law at the
University of Madrid . Selections of his work were translated into English in "Twenty Poems of Vicente Aleixandre" (1977).References
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