Vicente Aleixandre

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Born	April 26, 1898 • Sevilla • Spain
Died	December 14, 1984 (aged 86) • Madrid • Spain
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1977)
Notable Works	“Historia del corazón” • “La destrucción o el amor” • “Poemas de la consumación”
Movement / Style	Generation of 1927

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Juan Ramón Jiménez

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Spanish poet

Luis de León

Luis de León

Spanish poet

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Spanish author

Rosa Chacel

Spanish writer

Alberti, Rafael

Rafael Alberti

Spanish poet and playwright

Jorge Guillén

Spanish poet

Pedro Salinas y Serrano

Spanish writer

Luis Cernuda

Spanish poet and critic

Dámaso Alonso

Spanish writer

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Octavio Paz.

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Maurice Maeterlinck, c. 1890.

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Eugenio Montale

Eugenio Montale

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Camilo José Cela

Camilo José Cela

Spanish writer

Jacinto Benavente y Martínez

Spanish dramatist

José Echegaray y Eizaguirre

Spanish dramatist

Francisco Rodrigues Lobo

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Concha Espina de Serna

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Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes

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