Gerardo Diego

Gerardo Diego ( born October 3, 1896 in Santander, Cantabria, † July 8, 1987 in Madrid) was a Spanish writer and member of the Generación del 27

Life

Gerardo Diego was born in 1896 in Santander, the son of a businessman. He studied at the Instituto General y Técnico. At age nine, he began playing the piano. The music played for Diego always a special role and had great influence on his poetry. At the Universidad de Denso he studied languages ​​and made together with Miguel de Unamuno his degree at the University of Salamanca. In 1916 he finished his studies at the University of Madrid. His first literary work La caja del abuelo was published in 1918 by El Diario Montañes. In 1920 he moved to Soria in order to work there. From his first salary he financed the publication of El romancero de la novia. He collaborated with the magazines Grecia, Cervantes and Reflector. In 1921 he met Vicente Huidoboro, whom he visited along with Juan Larrea in Paris in 1922. During this time, his books and Manual de Imagen espumas published. In 1925 he was awarded the National Literature Prize humanos for Verso.

In other, younger members of the Generación del 27, as Jorge Guillén, Damaso Alonso, Pedro Salinas, Rafael Alberti and Federico García Lorca Diego was in close contact. In 1927 he founded the journal Carmen, with the attached sheet Lola. Like all members of the Generación del 27 was also an admirer of Luis Gerardo Diego de Góngora. On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the death of Góngora, he edited a Festschrift.

Unlike the majority of the Generación del 27 Gerardo Diego was a supporter of Franco's, for which he wrote eulogies during the Spanish Civil War.

In 1932 he began to act, and in 1939 he moved to Madrid, where he worked until his retirement in 1966 at the Instituto Beatriz Galindo as a music critic. In 1947, Gerardo Diego member of the Real Academia Española. In 1956 he was awarded for the second time the National Literature Prize and the 1980 Cervantes prize.

Work

Besides Damaso Alonso Gerardo Diego is one of the most important figures of modern Spanish art. His poems are characterized by impermanence and virtuosity. He also shows an impressive range of topics, style, and meters. In his early works such as El romancero de la novia can be found both romantic and modern influences (mainly by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer and Juan Ramón Jiménez. Sometimes he wrote very freely, sometimes very traditional, but with a modern twist. , The form of its poems is constant perfect. perfection of the outer mold was Diego in the Sonnets. in this field, he was an undisputed champion.

Diego's work can hardly be divided into creative periods, because he was very varied at any time. He dealt with serious issues such as religiosity in Viacrucis and with very light topics like the bulls in La suerte o la muerte. He was inspired by his frequent direct environment. Few of his poems are political. The development of the poesía pura to poesía impura that is found in many artists of the generation of 27, you can also in the works of Gerardo Diego. Here it is clear that the art had equal rights for art's sake and the criticizing art in his works.

Poetry

  • El romancero de la novia, Santander, Imp J. Pérez, 1920.
  • Imagen. Poemas (1918-1921), M., Grafica de Ambos Mundos, 1922.
  • Soria. Galería de estampas y efusiones, Valladolid, Libros para amigos, 1923.
  • Manual de espumas, M., Cuadernos Literarios (La Lectura ), 1924.
  • Versos humanos, M., Renacimiento, 1925 ( Premio Nacional de Literatura 1924-1925 ).
  • Viacrucis, Santander, Talleres Aldus, 1931.
  • Fábula de Equis y Zeda, México, Alcancía, 1932.
  • Poemas adrede, México, Alcancía, 1932.
  • Ángeles de Compostela, M., Patria, 1940 ( nueva versión completa - M. - Giner -1961 ).
  • Alondra de verdad, M., Escorial, 1941.
  • Primera antología de sus versos, M., Espasa Calpe, , 1941.
  • Romances (1918-1941), M., Patria, 1941.
  • Poemas adrede, M., Col. Adonai, 1943 ( Edición completa ).
  • La sorpresa, M., CSIC, 1944.
  • Hasta siempre, M., Mensajes, 1948.
  • La luna en el desierto, Santander, Vda F. Fons, 1949.
  • Limbo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, El Arca, 1951.
  • Visitación de Gabriel Miró, Alicante, 1951.
  • Dos poemas ( Versos Divinos ), Melilla, 1952.
  • Biografía incompleta, M., Cultura Hispanica, 1953 ( Ilustraciones de José Caballero 2 ª edición con poemas nuevos - M. -. Cultura Hispanica - 1967).
  • Segundo sueño ( Homenaje a Sor Juan Inés de la Cruz ), Santander, Col. Tito Hombre, 1953 ( Xilografías de Joaquín de la Fuente ).
  • Variación, M., Neblí, 1954.
  • Amazona, M., Agora, 1956.
  • Egloga Antonio Bienvenida a, Santander, Ateneo, 1956.
  • Paisaje con figuras, Palma de Mallorca, Papeles de Armadans Sons, 1956 ( Premio Nacional de Literatura ).
  • Amor solo, M., Espasa Calpe - 1958 ( Premio Ciudad de Barcelona 1952).
  • Canciones a Violante, M., Punta Europa, 1959.
  • GLOSA a Villamediana, M., Palabra y Tiempo, 1961.
  • La rama, Santander, La isla de los ratones, 1961.
  • Wed Santander, mi cuna, mi palabra, Santander, Provincial, 1961.
  • Sonetos a Violante, Seville, La Muestra, 1962.
  • La suerte o la muerte. Poema del toreo, M., Taurus, 1963.
  • Nocturnes de Chopin, M., Bullón, 1963.
  • El jándalo (Sevilla y Cádiz), M., Taurus, 1964.
  • Poesía amorosa 1918-1961, B., Plaza y Janés, 1965.
  • El Cordobes dilucidado y vuelta del peregrino, M., Revista de Occidente, 1966.
  • Oda morales, Málaga, Librería Anticuaria El Guadalhorce, 1966.
  • Variación 2, Santander, Clásicos de Todos los Años, 1966.
  • Segunda antología de sus versos (1941-1967) M., Espasa Calpe, , 1967.
  • La fundación del querer, Santander, La isla de los ratones, 1970.
  • Versos Divinos, M., Alforjas para la española poesía ( Fundación Conrado Blanco ), 1971.
  • Cementerio Civil, B., Plaza y Janés, 1972.
  • Carmen jubilar, Salamanca, Álamo, 1975.
  • Cometa errante, B., Plaza y Janés, 1985.
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