Miguel de Cervantes Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 22 (1996) Winner
José García Nieto
ホセ・ガルシア・ニエト
Jose Garcia Nieto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-07-06 （Oviedo, Spain）
- Died
- 2001-02-27 （Madrid, Spain） age 86
- Nationality
- Spain
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Oviedo (birthplace) → Madrid (later life)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer, academic
- Active Years
- 1940-2001
- Affiliations
- Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy)
- Memberships
- Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy)
- Influenced By
- Contemporary post-war generation poets (e.g., Gabriel Celaya, Blas de Otero, José Hierro)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Premio Adonáis | Dama de soledad | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1955 | Fastenrath Award | Geografía es amor | — | Royal Spanish Academy (awarded) | 受賞 |
| 1951 | Premio Nacional de Literatura (Spain) | Tregua | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1957 | Premio Nacional de Literatura (Spain) | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Premio Mariano de Cavia | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Premio González-Ruano | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Miguel de Cervantes Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Premio Adonáis
1950
Work:
Dama de soledad
Result:
受賞
Fastenrath Award
1955
Work:
Geografía es amor
Organization:
Royal Spanish Academy (awarded)
Result:
受賞
Premio Nacional de Literatura (Spain)
1951
Work:
Tregua
Result:
受賞
Premio Nacional de Literatura (Spain)
1957
Result:
受賞
Premio Mariano de Cavia
1980
Result:
受賞
Premio González-Ruano
1987
Result:
受賞
Miguel de Cervantes Prize
1996
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Víspera hacia ti
1940 PoetryEarly collection of poems exploring lyricism and personal emotion.
lyricismsolitudelove
Dama de soledad
1950 PoetryPoems centered on solitude; awarded the Premio Adonáis in 1950.
solitudeintrospectionexistence
Tregua
1951 PoetryPublished in 1951; one of his notable works that won the Premio Nacional de Literatura.
reconciliationtimehuman relationships
Geografía es amor
1956 PoetryA collection that links geography and love through metaphorical expression; recipient of the Fastenrath Award.
loveplacelanguage
Bibliography
- Víspera hacia ti (1940)
- Poesía (1944)
- Versos de un huésped de Luisa Esteban (1944)
- Tú y yo sobre la tierra (1944)
- Retablo de ángel, el hombre y la pastora (1944)
- Del campo y soledad (1946)
- Juego de los doce espejos (1951)
- Tregua (1951)
- La red (1955)
- Geografía es amor (1956)
- El parque pequeño (1959)
- Corpus Chisti y seis sonetos (1962)
- Circunstancias de la muerte (1963)
- La hora undécima (1963)
- Memorias y compromisos (1966)
- Hablando solo (1967)
- Facultad de volver (1970)
- Taller de arte menor y cincuenta sonetos (1973)
- Súplica por la paz del mundo y otros "collages" (1973)
- Sonetos y revelaciones de Madrid (1974)
- Los cristales fingidos (1978)
- El arrabal (1980)
- Nuevo elogio de la lengua española (1983)
- Sonetos españoles a Bolívar (1983)
- Donde el mundo no cesa de referir su historia (1983) - prose
- Piedra y cielo de Roma (1984)
- Carta a la madre (1988)
- Mar viviente (1989)
- El cuaderno roto (1989) - prose
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical style with attention to formblend of traditional forms and modern sensibility
- Recurring Motifs
- solitudelovememoryreflection on language
Legacy
José García Nieto is recognized as one of the leading poets of Spain's post-war generation. Valued for his balance of form and feeling, he received the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1996 and is widely acknowledged for his contributions to Spanish-language literature.
Academic Societies
- Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy)
Trivia
- Awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 1996.
- Won the Premio Adonáis (1950) and Premio Fastenrath (1955).
- Held a seat at the Real Academia Española from 1983 until 2001.