José Ángel Valente Explained
José Ángel Valente Docasar[1] (25 April 1929, Ourense, Galicia, Spain — 18 July 2000, Geneva, Switzerland) was a Spanish poet of the Generation of '50, an essayist, and a translator, who wrote in Spanish and Galician.[2]
He studied at the Faculty of Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, at the Faculty of Romance Philology at the University Complutense, taught Spanish philology at Oxford. From 1958 he lived in Switzerland, after 1980 he divided his time between Spain, Switzerland and France. In 1972, he was accused by the Franco government of insulting the honor of the Spanish army.
One of the greatest Spanish poets of the second half of the 20th century.[3] [4] Prize winner of the Pablo Iglesias Posse Foundation (1984), Princess of Asturias Awards (1988), Queen Sofia (1998).[5] The Department of Poetics and Aesthetics at the University of Santiago de Compostela is named after Jose Angel Valente.
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Notes and References
- http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/presidencia/portavoz/resources/files/2013/2/24/1361724650820JoseAngelValenteDocasar.pdf Decreto 53' 1990, de 19 de febrero por el que se concede la Medalla de Andalucía a don José Ángel Valente Docasar
- [Claudio Rodriguez Fer]
- http://www.pre-textos.com/escaparate/product_info.php?products_id=1333 El guardián del fin de los desiertos. Perspectivas sobre Valente
- https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20160524/402014623918/la-casa-del-poeta-jose-angel-valente-en-almeria-recibe-a-casi-10-000-personas-en-su-primer-ano-de-apertura.html La Casa del Poeta José Ángel Valente en Almería recibe a casi 10.000 personas en su primer año de apertura
- https://www.academia.edu/27728416/Maduración_teor%C3%ADa_y_la_nueva_poes%C3%ADa_El_nombrar_como_praxis_del_conocimiento_en_José_Ángel_Valente Maduración, teoría, y la 'nueva poesía': El nombrar como praxis del conocimiento en José Ángel Valente
