Juan Chabás (September 10, 1900,

Dénia Dénia ( es, Denia) is a historical coastal city in the province of Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca halfway between Alicante and Valencia, and the capital and judicial seat of the ''comarca'' of Marina Alta. Denia's historical heritage ha ...

– October 29, 1954) was a Spanish-born poet and writer. He was a member of the influential group of writers known as the

Generation of '27 The Generation of '27 ( es, Generación del 27) was an influential group of poets that arose in Spanish literary circles between 1923 and 1927, essentially out of a shared desire to experience and work with avant-garde forms of art and poetry. ...

. He fled to exile in

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following the

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. In 1938, he met French journalist

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, whom he married in 1938. They would later divorce. Juan Chabás died of a heart attack at age 44 in

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and is buried in the

Colon Cemetery, Havana El Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón, also called La Necrópolis de Cristóbal Colón, was founded in 1876 in the Vedado neighbourhood of Havana, Cuba to replace the Espada Cemetery in the Barrio de San Lázaro. Named for Christopher Columbus, ...

Works

* ''Espejos 1919-verso-1920'' (1921), * ''Sin velas desvelada'', (1927), * ''Puerto de sombra'', (1928), * ''Italia fascista'' (1929), * ''Vuelo y estilo'' (1930), * ''Agor sin fin'', (1930), * ''Historia de la literatura española'' (1932), * ''Literatura española contemporánea (1898–1950)'' (1952), * ''Fábula y vida'', (1955), * ''Árbol de ti nacido'' (1956).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chabas, Juan 1910 births 1954 deaths People from Marina Alta Republican Left (Spain) politicians Communist Party of Spain politicians Generation of '27 20th-century Spanish poets Spanish male poets Writers from the Valencian Community Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Cuba