Literary Birthday – 26 April – Vicente Aleixandre

Vicente Aleixandre was born on 26 April 1898 and died on 14 December 1984.

Vicente Aleixandre Quotes

1. Poetry is a succession of questions which the poet constantly poses.
2. Hours of solitude, hours of creation, hours of meditation. Solitude and meditation gave me an awareness, a perspective which I have never lost: that of solidarity with the rest of mankind.
3. Poetry must be human. If it is not human, it is not poetry.
4. After the dead words, after the ones still said and spoken, what do you expect? Some flying leaves, more scattered papers. (Goodreads)
5. Only with death does life acquire its meaning and is complete; it is the last birth. (Goodreads)

Vicente Aleixandre was a Spanish poet who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977. A member of the Generation of 1927, he was influenced by the Surrealist technique of poetic composition. He was known for his free verse in his first major book, Destruction or Love (1935), which was awarded the National Prize for Literature. He was one of the greatest poets of Spanish literature alongside Cernuda and Lorca. His work often explored themes of love, nature, the cosmos, and the union of life and death.

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by Amanda Patterson

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