He was an article writer, poet, Seville City Hall official, director (warden) of the Alcázar from 1934 to 1969 and a contemporary of the Generation of ’27. He was born […]
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Aleixandre y Merlo, Vicente
Poet belonging to the Generation of ’27, who was born in Seville in 1898 (“Seville was for me the lightning of my birth”, he writes in the sketch he dedicates […]
Osorio, Marta (Josefina Garrido)
Researcher, actress and writer, mainly of children’s books, was born in Granada on February 29, 1924, and died in the same city on August 3, 2016. Due to a series […]
Zambrano Alarcón, María
Philosopher, essayist and writer born in Vélez-Málaga on April 22, 1904, although she was registered in the Civil Registry three days later due to her father’s doubts that she could […]
Zalamea Borda, Jorge
The poet, essayist, playwright and politician Jorge Zalamea Borda was born in Bogotá (Colombia) in March 1905, where, at a very young age, he became an active and valued example […]
Villalón-Daoíz y Halcón, Fernando
Fernando Villalón was a peculiar and fascinating character, almost indefinable if you add up all the titles and hobbies he accumulated in his short life. He was a cattle rancher, […]
Sánchez Mejías, Ignacio
Bullfighter and multifaceted man: president of Betis (football club), actor, polo player, writer, friend of the members of the Generation of ’27 and sponsor of the founding meeting of this […]
Salinas Serrano, Pedro
Professor, poet, playwright, essayist and editor, he was born in Madrid on November 27, 1891, and died in exile in Boston (United States) on December 4, 1951. Like other members, […]
Pemán y Permartín, José María
Writer, journalist and politician attached to the conservative monarchy, apologist of the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera; he played an active role in the overthrow of the Second Republic […]
Ortega y Gasset, José
Philosopher and essayist located in the Novecentismo cultural movement, of great influence in Spain in the first third of the twentieth century. He was born in Madrid on May 9, 1883 […]
Neruda, Pablo (Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto)
Poet, diplomat affiliated since 1945 to the Communist Party, born in the city of Parral (central Chile) on July 12, 1904, under the name of Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, […]
Molina Fajardo, Eduardo
Journalist and writer of Falangist ideology born in Granada on November 14, 1914, he was in charge of several newspapers during the Franco regime. He is the author of The […]
Machado Ruiz, Antonio
Emblematic writer of the Generation of ’98 who cultivated poetry, theater and narrative. He was born in Seville on July 25, 1875 and died in Colliure (France) on February 22, […]
Hernández Gilabert, Miguel
Spanish writer belonging to the Generation of 1936. He was born in Orihuela (Alicante) in October 1910 into a family of seven siblings of which only four survived. His father […]
Diego Cendoya, Gerardo
Writer of the Generation of ’27, friend and fellow writer of Federico García Lorca. He was born in Santander on October 3, 1896. He studied Philosophy and Arts in Deusto […]
Darío, Rubén (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento)
Nicaraguan writer and diplomat, maximum representative of literary Modernism in the Spanish language. He influenced all Spanish writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Federico García Lorca was […]
Chacel Arimón, Rosa Clotilde
Spanish writer of the Generation of ’27, grandniece of the writer José Zorrilla and contemporary of Federico García Lorca. She was born in Valladolid on June 3, 1898. Her family […]
Cernuda Bidón o Bidou, Luis
Spanish writer of the Generation of ’27, born in Seville in 1902, to a military father. He began to read and write poetry at a very young age. He studied […]
Bergamín Gutiérrez, José
Spanish writer, friend, editor and generation mate of Federico García Lorca. He wrote poetry, plays and essays. He was born in Madrid in 1895. He was the son of a […]
Baroja y Nessi, Pío
Spanish writer of the Generation of 1898, whom Federico García Lorca read and admired and with whom he met up with on occasion despite the age difference. He was born […]
Azaña Díaz, Manuel
Spanish politician and writer. He was president of the Council of Ministers from 1931 to 1933 and president of the Second Republic from 1936 to 1939. He was a contemporary […]
Vila Hernández, Salvador
Professor, Arabist, disciple of Miguel de Unamuno in Salamanca, where he simultaneously studied Law and Philosophy and Arts thanks to a scholarship; intellectual of international formation, he finished his undergraduate […]
Scheroff y Avi, Martín
Graduate in Pharmacy, poet and amateur playwright, press collaborator and support teacher of Federico and Francisco García Lorca at the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús School while they were studying for […]
Santa Cruz y Garcés de Marcilla, Juan José
Engineer, politician and writer, member of a family of aristocrats: his father was Baron of Andilla and his mother was a descendant of Diego de Marcilla, one of the Lovers […]
Ruiz Carnero, Constantino
Journalist, writer, politician (acting mayor of Granada in 1936 for two months). He was a member of El Rinconcillo literary gathering and one of the founders in February 1926 of the […]
Rosales Camacho, Luis
Poet and essayist of the Generation of 1936, member of the Royal Academy and the Hispanic Society of America, winner of the 1982 Cervantes Prize. Member of a very conservative […]
Rivas (de) Cherif, Cipriano
Stage director and manager, poet and journalist. He is the greatest renovator of Spanish theater in the first half of the 20th century. Rivas founded a dozen companies -some of […]
Pizarro Zambrano, Miguel
Spanish poet, professor and diplomat. Friend of Federico García Lorca and other members of the El Rinconcillo literary gathering. He was born in Alájar, Huelva, but when he was very young […]
Navarro Pardo, José
Arabist, professor, journalist and Spanish politician. He was mayor of Granada between January 8 and February 20, 1936. He belonged to the El Rinconcillo literary gathering at the Café Alameda, […]
Martínez Nadal, Rafael
Writer and journalist, close friend of Federico García Lorca. He maintained a copious correspondence with him and has provided numerous valuable testimonies about his life and work. He is considered […]
Jiménez Mantecón, Juan Ramón
Spanish poet, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1956, one of the representatives of the current of pure poetry, included by critics within the literary Noucentisme of the early twentieth […]
Guillén Álvarez, Jorge
Spanish poet and literary critic. He was part of the Generation of ’27 along with Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti, Pedro Salinas, Gerardo Diego, Concha Méndez, Manuel Altolaguirre, Emilio Prados, […]
García Gómez, Emilio
Philologist, Arabist, translator, academic of language and history, 1992 Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities… With his Arabic-Andalusian poems he greatly influenced the poetry of the Generation of […]
Fernández Almagro, Melchor
Spanish literary critic, historian and journalist. He was one of the regulars at the El Rinconcillo tertulia and one of the main confidants of young Lorca, with whom he exchanged […]
Camprubí Aymar, Zenobia
Spanish writer and translator, wife of the poet and Nobel Prize winner Juan Ramón Jiménez whom she met at the Residencia de Estudiantes (Students’ Residence) in 1913 and married in 1916. […]
Blanco-Amor, Eduardo
Galician writer and journalist trained in Argentina. He met Federico García Lorca in 1933, through their common friend Ernesto Guerra da Cal. He was his friend and editor of one […]
Ayala García-Duarte, Francisco
Spanish writer born in Granada who excelled in all literary genres except poetry (he only wrote one poem in his life). He was the author of short stories and novels, […]
Afán de Ribera y González de Arévalo, Antonio Joaquín
Journalist, poet, short story writer and playwright. He studied law and literature in Granada, becoming a judge in this city. Director of the Liceo Artístico y Literario (Artistic and Literary […]