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Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. [1] He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in leaving law school for a career in journalism.
The later 20th, and particularly the 21st centuries have seen numerous, unsuccessful attempts to locate García Lorca's remains. The first published account is in a 1949 book by the British Hispanist Gerald Brenan, The Face of Spain. [52] By the 21st century advances in technology gave scope for identifying remains of victims of Francoist ...
Ricardo Baeza Durán (1890–1956) Rafael Balanzat y Baranda (1820–1854), writer and military man. Andrés Baquero (1853–1916), teacher, researcher, and writer. Bárbara de Santo Domingo (1842–1872), Catholic mystic writer. Elia Barceló (born 1957), writer. Juan Barcia Caballero (1852–1926), Spanish physician and writer.
Latin American literature consists of the oral and written literature of Latin America in several languages, particularly in Spanish, Portuguese, and the indigenous languages of Latin America. It rose to particular prominence globally during the second half of the 20th century, largely due to the international success of the style known as ...
Spanish literature generally refers to literature (Spanish poetry, prose, and drama) written in the Spanish language within the territory that presently constitutes the Kingdom of Spain. Its development coincides and frequently intersects with that of other literary traditions from regions within the same territory, particularly Catalan ...
Javier Campos (born 1947) Oscar Hahn (born 1938) Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948) Víctor Jara (1932–1973) Enrique Lihn (1929–1988) Patricio Manns (1937–2021) Carmen Marai - born Carmen María Bassa. Gabriela Mistral - born Lucila Godoy, (1889–1957) Nobel laureate in 1945. Pablo Neruda - born Neftalí Ricardo Reyes, (1904–1973) Nobel ...
Pablo Neruda (/ nəˈruːdə / nə-ROO-də; [ 1 ]Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo neˈɾuða] ⓘ; born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto; 12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973) was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. [ 2 ] Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old and wrote in a ...
The Bridge of San Luis Rey won the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, [9] [10] and remains widely acclaimed as Wilder's most famous novel. [11] In 1998, the book was rated number 37 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library on the list of the 100 best 20th-century novels. [12]