Jorge Guillén

Spanish poet

Jorge Guillén Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ɣiˈʎen]; 18 January 1893 – 6 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, a university teacher, a scholar and a literary critic.

In 1957-1958, he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard University, which were published in 1961 under the title Language and Poetry: Some Poets of Spain.

The final lecture was a tribute to his colleagues in the Generation of '27.In 1983, he was named Hijo Predilecto de Andalucía.

He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

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