What is Jorge Guillén?
'''Jorge Guillén y Álvarez''' (18 January 1893 – 6 February 1984) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[poet]], a member of the [[Generation of '27]]. == Biography == Jorge Guillén was born in [[Valladolid]]. His life paralleled that of his friend Pedro Salinas, whom he succeeded as a [[Spanish language|Spanish]] teaching assistant at the [[Collège de Sorbonne]] in the [[University of Paris]] from 1917 to 1923. He was also a professor at the [[University of Murcia]] from 1925 to 1929, the [[University of Oxford]] from 1929 to 1931, and the [[University of Seville]] from 1932 to 1938. Exiled, he was forced to establish himself in the [[United States]] to continue his postsecondary teaching. He was a professor of Spanish at [[Wellesley College]] from 1941 to 1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/11/obituaries/jorge-guillen-is-dead-at-91-a-spanish-poet-and-teacher.html|title=Jorge Guillen Is Dead at 91; A Spanish Poet and Teacher|date=11 February 1984|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> He retired to [[Italy]], where he married for the second time. He later moved to the city of [[Málaga]]. In 1977, he was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes for Spanish-language writers. He died in Málaga in 1984, age 91. == Other websites == * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.acamfe.org/acamfe/autor/guillen.htm The Jorge Guillén Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060621122126/http://www.acamfe.org/acamfe/autor/guillen.htm |date=2006-06-21 }} * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.poesia-inter.net/indexjg.htm Poetry of Jorge Guillén] == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Guillen, Jorge}} [[Category:1893 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish poets]] [[Category:People from Valladolid]] [[Category:Miguel de Cervantes Prize winners]]