Jorge Guillén

Jorge Guillén y Álvarez (18 January 1893 – 6 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.

 Biography 
Jorge Guillén was born in Valladolid. His life paralleled that of his friend Pedro Salinas, whom he succeeded as a Spanish teaching assistant at the Collège de Sorbonne in the University of Paris from 1917 to 1923. He was also a professor at the University of Murcia from 1925 to 1929, the University of Oxford from 1929 to 1931, and the University of Seville from 1932 to 1938. Exiled, he was forced to establish himself in the United States to continue his postsecondary teaching. He was a professor of Spanish at Wellesley College from 1941 to 1967. He retired to Italy, where he married for the second time. He later moved to the city of Málaga. In 1977, he was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes for Spanish-language writers. He died in Málaga in 1984, age 91.

 Other websites 
  The Jorge Guillén Foundation 
  Poetry of Jorge Guillén

 References 

Category:1893 births
Category:1984 deaths
Category:Spanish poets
Category:People from Valladolid
Category:Miguel de Cervantes Prize winners