The Generation of '36 () is the name given to a group of Spanish artists, poets and playwrights who were working about the time of the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

(1936 - 1939). The Generation of '36 was a

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that suffered harsh criticism and persecution that followed from the division of neighbours into winners and losers in the various battles of that struggle, as well as from the physical hardships and moral miseries arising from social instability and political chaos. Ricardo Gullón listed some of the authors associated with this movement since he was closely associated as a contributor and a

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of the genre. The Generation of '36 had membership criteria that were not rigid, but the label provides a convenient portfolio of the cultural and literary style of the contemporary period, covering individual works, literary collections, magazines, journals newspapers and other publications that document the experiences of creative people working during the difficult and frightening civil war.

Poets

The poets of ''Generación del 36'' include: * Miguel Hernández * Luis Rosales * Leopoldo Panero and Juan Panero * Luis Felipe Vivanco * Ildefonso-Manuel Gil * Germán Bleiberg * José Antonio Muñoz Rojas * José María Luelmo * Pedro Pérez Clotet * * Rafael Duyos * Celso Amieva * Gabriel Celaya * Arturo Serrano Plaja * José Herrera Petere * Juan Gil-Albert

Writers

The writers of

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included in ''Generación del 36'': * Enrique Azcoaga * José Antonio Maravall * Antonio Sánchez Barbudo * Ramón Faraldo * Eusebio García Luengo * María Zambrano * Antonio Rodríguez Moñino *

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* Ricardo Gullón

Raconteurs

Famous ''Generación del 36'' raconteurs: * Camilo José Cela * Gonzalo Torrente Ballester * Miguel Delibes

Dramatists and playwrights

Performance works of the epoch included Antonio Buero Vallejo.

Important contributors

Others who started working at the end or after the Civil War include the Garcilasismo group and: * Dionisio Ridruejo * José Luis Cano * Ramón de Garciasol * Pedro Laín Entralgo * Juan López Morillas * José Luis Aranguren * Julián Marías * Juan Rof Carballo * Segundo Serrano Poncela *

Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño (1913–1976) was a Spanish art historian, author, teacher, and art critic. He was a member of the Generation of '36 ( Spanish: ''Generación del 36''). Biography Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño was born on 29 January 1913 in ...

* José Suárez Carreño * Jorge Campos (writer) * Ernesto Guerra da Cal * José Manuel Blecua

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