Juan Chabás (September 10, 1900,

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– 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 () was an influential group of poets that arose in Spain, 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. Their first form ...

. He fled to exile in

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following the

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. In 1938, he met French journalist Simone Téry, 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

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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 Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Cuba