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Vicente Aleixandre
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'''Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo''' (
April 26,
1898 –
December 14,
1984)
Spain Spanish poet, born in
Sevilla.
Nobel Prize laureate for
Nobel Prize for Literature Literature in
1977. He passed away in
Madrid.
Aleixandre's early poetry, which he wrote chiefly in free verse, is highly
Surrealism surrealistic. It also praises the beauty of nature by using symbols that represent the earth and the sea. Many of Aleixandre's early poems are filled with sadness. They reflect his feeling that people have lost the passion and free spirit that he saw in nature. His early collections of poetry include ''Passion of the Earth'' (1935) and ''Destruction or Love'' (1933).
In ''Shadow of Paradise'' (1944), Aleixandre began to concentrate on such themes a fellowship, friendliness, and spiritual unity. His later books of poetry include ''History of the Heart'' (1954) and ''In a Vast Dominion'' (1962).
Aleixandre was born in
Seville,
Spain, and studied law at the
University of Madrid. Selections of his work were translated into English in ''Twenty Poems of Vicente Aleixandre'' (1977).
References
*
World Book encyclopedia 1988.
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