Vicente Aleixandre

Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (April 26, 1898 – December 14, 1984) Spanish poet, born in Sevilla. Nobel Prize laureate for Literature in 1977. He passed away in Madrid. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... This article is about the city in Spain. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Plaza de Cibeles (Cibeles square) and the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) Coat of arms. ...

Aleixandre's early poetry, which he wrote chiefly in free verse, is highly 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). The University of Madrid can refer to several academic institutions in Madrid, Spain: The Complutense University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Complutense de Madrid) The Autonomous University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM) The Pontifical Comillas University of Madrid (Spanish: Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid) This is a...

References

• World Book encyclopedia 1988.