Juan Ramón Jiménez
1881
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1958
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: Generation of 1914
country of citizenship: Spain
native language: Spanish
languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish
educated at: High School La Rábida
award received: Nobel Prize in Literature, Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico
official website: fundacion-jrj.es
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan raˈmoŋ xiˈmeneθ manteˈkon]; 23 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistic purity". One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the concept of "pure poetry". Source: Wikipedia (en)
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