Jorge Guillén, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jorge Guillén

Spanish poet

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain

Date of Death: 06-Feb-1984

Profession: writer, poet, university teacher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jorge Guillén Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: ['xo?xe ?i'?en]; 18 January 1893 – 6 February 1984) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, as well as a university teacher, scholar and literary critic. In 1957-8 he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard University.
These 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.
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.