Enrique Díez Canedo

Enrique Díez Canedo - (* 1879 in Badajoz, † June 7, 1944 in Mexico) was a Spanish writer.

Life

Díez - Canedo lived after his law studies, first in Madrid and Barcelona after the Spanish Civil War, then in the USA. He exercised a lasting influence on the intellectual life of Madrid, where he was a frequent speaker for his technically sound and interesting lectures. His theater and literature reviews were very popular with those interested in culture. He worked as a professor and was also Director of the Escuela Central de Idiomas and was also employed in the diplomatic service. In 1935 he became a member of the Spanish Academy. His poetry shows ideal Associations with the thoughts of the "Generation of 1898 ", deeply influenced by modernism and with clear references to Rubén Darío, and Juan Ramón Jiménez. Even contemporary works of contemporary literature from France, Italy and England have left detectable traces in the work Díez - Canedos. Its importance for the Spanish literary history lies less in his artistic activity, but rather in its literary-critical works, which are characterized by broad-based education, sober and objective ways of thinking and unerring judgment.

Works

• Versos de las horas, 1906
• La visita del sol, 1907
• Conversaciones literarias, 1921
• Epigramas americanos, 1928
• Los dioses en el Prado, 1931

• Author
• Literature ( 20th century)
• Literature ( Spanish)
• Poetry
• Spaniard
• Born in 1879
• Died in 1944
• Man