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Juan Ramón Jiménez
Birth date: January 24, 1881
Died: May 29, 1958
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SJane
SJane rated it 12 years ago
Juan Ramón Jimenéz won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956 for "his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity,” two years before he died. Jimenéz taught a generation of Spanish poets, and set out quite consciously with the goal of making...
Books by the Lake
Books by the Lake rated it 15 years ago
A poet (Juan Ramón Jiménez), a donkey (Platero), a town in the Spanish countryside (Moguer). The author wanders with Platero, eating figs and quinces from the trees, resting in the shade, observing the animals and the people (mostly poor and ragged), and finding beauty everywhere. He describes what ...
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