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Tomás Segovia

トマス・セゴビア

Tomás Segovia

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-05-21 （Valencia, Spain）
Died
2011-11-07 （Madrid, Spain） age 84
Nationality
Spain, Mexico
Languages
Spanish, French, English
Residence History
Valencia, Spain → France → Morocco → Mexico → Madrid, Spain

Career

Occupations
author, translator, poet, university professor
Active Years
1946-2011
Affiliations
El Colegio de México, National Autonomous University of Mexico

Awards

Xavier Villaurrutia Prize
1972
Work: Poetry
Organization: Fondo de Cultura Económica
Result: 受賞
Juan Rulfo Prize
2005
Work: Lifetime achievement
Result: 受賞
García Lorca International Poetry Prize
2008
Work: Lifetime achievement
Organization: City of Granada
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La luz provisional

1950 poetry

Early poetry collection.

lightprovisionality

El sol y su eco

1960 poetry

Poetry collection about the sun and its echo.

sunecho

Anagnórisis

1967 poetry

Poetry collection on recognition.

recognition

Figura y secuencias

1979 poetry

Poetry on figures and sequences.

figuresequences

Cantata a solas

1985 poetry

Cantata for one alone.

solitude

Bibliography

  • La luz provisional
  • El sol y su eco
  • Anagnórisis
  • Figura y secuencias
  • Cantata a solas
  • Contracorrientes
  • Poética y profética
  • Alegatorio

Adaptations

  • La primera segunda matriz (1972, short film, dir. Alfredo Gurrola)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Integration of poetry, criticism, and translation
Recurring Motifs
lightechorecognition

Legacy

Exiled Spanish poet who thrived in Mexico. Known for poetry and translation; a translation prize named after him was established posthumously.

Trivia

  • Married to writer Inés Arredondo from 1953 to 1965.
  • Founded the publication Presencia in 1946.
  • Exile from the Spanish Civil War who settled in Mexico.