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Antonio Oliver

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Antonio Oliver Belmás (Cartagena, 29 January 1903 - 28 July 1968) was a Spanish writer, poet, literary critic, historian of Spanish art, and telegraphist.

In 1931, he married the poet Carmen Conde.[1] The couple formed part of the Generation of '27, a group of artists and poets that specialized in the avant-garde. Together they became involved in organising the Universidad Popular de Cartagena, or People's University, set up for the education of working men and women on behalf of the republican government.[2] After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Belmás joined the republican army and worked on the Popular Front Radio.[1]

After the war, Belmás taught Latin American literature at the University of Madrid. In 1962, the Nicaraguan State University awarded him an honorary degree for his work on Rubén Darío.[1]

He died in 1968.[1]

The Antonio Oliver Belmás International Poetry Award is named in his honour.[3]

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Work

  • Mast, 1925
  • Saved Crying
  • Andrew Knight Talks
  • Book of Loas, 1947
  • From Cervantes to Poetry, 1944
  • Don Luis de Gongora, 1963
  • Life and Work of Lope de Vega
  • Garcilaso de la Vega, 1965
  • Garcilaso, Captain and Poet
  • Dying but no fear
  • This other Rubén Darío
  • 1900-1950. Half a Century of Artists Murcianos, 1952.

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