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Dámaso Alonso
Dámaso Alonso
Occupation:
poet, writer, philologist, linguist, university teacher, translator, literary critic, romanist
Birth:
22.10.1899, Madrid
Death:
25.1.1989, Madrid
Nationality:
Spain
Biography:
Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish
poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards.
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Award received:
Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Premio Nacional de Poesía, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Fastenrath award, honorary doctorate of the National University of San Marcos, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru, Ehrendoktor der Universität Hamburg, Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford, honorary doctor of the University of Freiburg
Position held:
professor
Notable works:
Poesías. Selecciones, Serie mayor, Hombre y Dios., Poesía de Vicente Gaos. 1982, Poesia de san juan de la cruz (desde esta ladera), Hijos de la ira
Nationality:
Spain
Native language:
Spanish
Language spoken:
Spanish
Genre:
poetry
Affiliation:
Real Academia Española
Employer:
Complutense University of Madrid, University of Valencia
Educated at:
University of Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid
Spouses:
Eulalia Galvarriato