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Jorge Guillén

1893 - 1984

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Jorge Guillén Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ɣiˈʎen]; 18 January 1893 – 6 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, a university teacher, a scholar and a literary critic. In 1957-1958, he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard University, which were published in 1961 under the title Language and Poetry: Some Poets of Spain. The final lecture was a tribute to his colleagues in the Generation of '27. In 1983, he was named Hijo Predilecto de Andalucía. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Guillén is the 2,603rd most popular writer (up from 2,914th in 2019), the 876th most popular biography from Spain (up from 967th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Spanish Writer.

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Among writers, Jorge Guillén ranks 2,603 out of 7,302. Before him are Palaephatus, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Timotheus of Miletus, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, André Salmon, and Isaac Casaubon. After him are Cornelia Funke, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Ottavio Rinuccini, Mir Taqi Mir, D. B. Weiss, and Polemon I of Pontus.

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Among people born in 1893, Jorge Guillén ranks 121. Before him are Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Miloš Crnjanski, Farabundo Martí, Otto Lasch, Ba Maw, and José Calvo Sotelo. After him are Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, José María Velasco Ibarra, Johannes Dieckmann, Oskari Friman, Wilfred Owen, and Ben Hecht. Among people deceased in 1984, Jorge Guillén ranks 99. Before him are Edith Massey, Roland Penrose, Peter Lawford, Cigerxwîn, Adam Malik, and Kevin A. Lynch. After him are Toni Turek, Paul Ben-Haim, Giuseppe Colombo, J. B. Priestley, Manuel Fleitas Solich, and Uladzimir Karatkievich.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jorge Guillén ranks 876 out of 3,355. Before him are Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga (1484), José Benito de Churriguera (1665), Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York (1355), Luis Ricardo Falero (1851), Muhammad VI of Granada (1332), and Wifred II, Count of Barcelona (900). After him are Vicente Aranda (1926), Joan Segarra (1927), Ferrer Bassa (1285), Julio Salinas (1962), Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo (983), and Alonso Mudarra (1510).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Jorge Guillén ranks 94. Before him are Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (null), Juvencus (400), Juan del Encina (1468), José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920), Juan de Valdés (1505), and Guillén de Castro y Bellvis (1569). After him are Ramón Sampedro (1943), Francisco Ayala (1906), Luis Cernuda (1902), Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760), Bernardo Atxaga (1951), and Juan Boscán Almogáver (1490).

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