Key Points

• Spanish poet, member of the Generation of '27

• He cultivated pure poetry in the style of Juan Ramón Jimenez

• The language in his poems is impersonal and ecstatic.

• Scholar and literary critic.

• He was awarded the prestigious Premio Cervantes in 1976.

Relevant Works

• Cántico (1928- 1950)

• Clamor. A la altura de las circunstancias (1963)

• Homenaje (1967)

• Historia natural