What is José Manuel Caballero?
[[File:Caballero Bonald.jpg|right|thumb|José Manuel Caballero Bonald, 2012]] '''José Manuel Caballero Bonald''' (November 11, 1926 &ndash; May 9, 2021) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] novelist, lecturer and [[poet]]. He was born in [[Jerez]], [[Spain]].<ref name=abc>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.es/cultura/libros/20121129/abci-caballero-bonald-premio-cervantes-201211291320.html|language=es|access-date=November 30, 2012|date=November 29, 2012|author=Antonio Astorga|title=Caballero Bonald, Premio Cervantes 2012|newspaper=ABC|location=Madrid}}</ref> Between 1944 and 1948, he began nautical studies in [[Cádiz]], and he wrote his first poems. Around 1954 he was Secretary and later as Deputy Editor of the ''Papeles de Son Armadans'' magazine.<ref name=abc/> In 1971 he began working for the Lexicography Seminar of the [[Royal Spanish Academy]], where he stayed until 1975. He worked as a Contemporary Spanish Literature Professor at the Centre for Hispanic Studies at [[Bryn Mawr College]] in [[Pennsylvania]] from 1974 to 1978. In 2012, he was awarded the [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize]] for his achievements in Spanish literature. Caballero died in [[Madrid]] on May 9, 2021, at the age of 94.<ref>[https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-05-09/muere-el-poeta-jose-manuel-caballero-bonald-a-los-94-anos.html Muere el escritor José Manuel Caballero Bonald a los 94 años] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Caballero, Jose Manuel}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish poets]] [[Category:Spanish academics]] [[Category:People from Jerez de la Frontera]] [[Category:Spanish novelists]] [[Category:Miguel de Cervantes Prize winners]] {{bio-stub}}