Key Points

• Inlfuenced by Rubén Darío an the symbolism at the beginning of his literary career

• Music and color are use often in his poems

• Went to exile due to the Spanish Civil War

• Received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956

Relevant Works

• Platero y yo (1914)

• Arias tristes (1903)

• Rimas (1902)

• Jardines lejanos (1904)

• Piedra y cielo (1919)

• Eternidades (1918)

• La estación total (1946)

• Animal de fondo (1949)