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Claude Couffon
Claude Couffon (May 4, 1926 – December 18, 2013) was a prolific Spanish to French translator, university professor, French poet, and an expert in Spanish and Latin American literature. Biography He taught Spanish and Latin American literature at Le Sorbonne, Paris, until he retired in 1991. Accolades Claude Couffon was a member of the Cuban Language Academy. Works Poetry books * Le Temps d’une ombre ou d’une image, 1973 * Célébrations, 1979 * Corps automnal, Caractères, 1981 https://www.google.com/opengallery/manage/items/20773232?hl=en&q=claude%20couffon&itemIds=hwHJTX1aPNZ34g * Absent Présent, Caractères, 1983 * À l’ombre de ce corps, 1988 * Intimité, 2008 Essays and Anthologies * À Caen avec les Canadiens, Rouff (Paris), 1949. * Les Japonais à genoux, Rouff (Paris), 1949. * À Grenade sur les pas de Garcia Lorca, Seghers, 1962. * Nicolas Guillen, coll. "Poètes d'aujourd'hui", Seghers, 1964. * L'Espagne, coll. "Monde et voyage", Larousse, 1964. * Rafael Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Alberti
Rafael Alberti Merello (16 December 1902 – 28 October 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. He is considered one of the greatest literary figures of the so-called ''Silver Age'' of Spanish Literature, and he won numerous prizes and awards. He died aged 96. After the Spanish Civil War, he went into exile because of his Marxist beliefs. On his return to Spain after the death of Franco, he was named Hijo Predilecto de Andalucía in 1983 and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad de Cádiz in 1985. He published his memoirs under the title of ''La Arboleda perdida'' (‘The Lost Grove’) in 1959 and this remains the best source of information on his early life. Life Early life The Puerto de Santa María at the mouth of the Guadalete River on the Bay of Cádiz was, as now, one of the major distribution outlets for the sherry trade from Jerez de la Frontera. Alberti was born there in 1902, to a family of vintners who had once been the most powerful in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
