Blas de Otero
Blas de Otero (15 March 191629 June 1979) was a Spanish poet, associated with the Social poetry movement of the 1950s and 60s in Spain.
Blas de Otero
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- Name
- Blas de Otero
- Born
- 15 March 1916
- Birthplace
- Bilbao, Spain
- Died
- 29 June 1979
- Place of death
- Madrid, Spain
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Fields
- poetry
- Honours
- Fastenrath Award · Premio Boscán
- Languages
- Spanish
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Blas de Otero (1916 – 1979) was a poet.
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The birth of Blas de Otero is recorded in 1916 in Bilbao, and the death in 1979 in Majadahonda.
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• Name — Blas de Otero • Born — 15 March 1916 • Birthplace — Bilbao, Spain • Died — 29 June 1979 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain • Illustration — Otero second from right.
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