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Vicente Alexandre, recipient of the 1977 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Seville, Spain. His father was a civil engineer. He studied law at the University of Madrid and the Madrid School of Economics. He worked as an assistant professor at the Schol of Mercantile Management and later for the Andalusian Railways. During the Spanish Civil War his works were banned and his house was destroyed. He was not allowed to publish for a long time under Franco's regime.
Alexandre wrote his poetry in free verse. When he was 24, he devoted himself entirely to writing. His first book, AMBITO (ENVIRONMENT), was published six years later. Many of his early poems were political in nature, but his later poems revealed his spiritual longings.
Vicente Alexandre died in Madrid in 1984.
CHRONOLOGY
1898 He was born in Seville, Spain.
1909 He moved with his family to Madrid.
1913 He received his high school diploma from Colegio Teresiano
1914 He entered the University of Madrid.
1920 He graduated from the University of Madrid.
1922 He devoted himself entirely to writing.
1928 Ambito (Environment)
1932 Espadas Como Labios
1933 He won the Premio Nacional De Literatura
1934 La Destruccion O El Amor (Destruction Of Love)
1935 Passion De La Tierra
1936 His poetry was banned.
1942 Poemas Paradisiacos
1944 Sombra Del Paraiso
1949 he was elected to the Spanish Royal Academy.
1950 Mundo A Slas; Vida Del Poeta: El Amor Y La Poesia; He Ws Elected To The Royal Academy Of The Language.
1954 Historia Del Corazon
1955 Algunos Caracteres De La Nueva Poesia Espanola
1956 Mis Poemas Mejores
1958 Los Encuentros (The Meeting)
1960 Poemas Amorosos; Poesia Completas
1961 Antigua Casa Madrilena; Picasso
1962 En Un Vasto Dominio (In A Vast Domain)
1965 Retratos Con Nombre; Presencias
1968 Poemas De La Consumacion (Poems Of Consummation; Obras Completas
1969 Poems
1970 Poesia Surrealista
1974 Dialogos Del Conocimiento (Dialogues Of Insight); Vicente Aleixandre And Luis Cernuda
1976 The Cave Of The Night
1977 Twenty Poems; Obras Completas; He Was Awarded The Nobel Prize For Literature.
1978 Poems/Poema
1979 A Bird Of Paper; A Longing For The Light
1984 He died in Madrid. (December 14)
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