Jaime Siles
Illustration — Jaime Siles Jaime Siles is a Spanish poet, translator and literary critic. He was born in Valencia in 1951, and studied Philosophy and Literature at Salamanca University. He continued his studies at Tubingen University, aided by a scholarship from the Fundación Juan March.
Also recorded as Jaime Siles Ruiz
Jaime Siles
- Born
- 1951 · Valencia.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- poet · linguist · translator · university teacher · writer
- Fields
- poetry
- Education
- University of Valencia · University of Salamanca · University of Tübingen
- Honours
- honorary doctorate at the Blaise-Pascal university · Loewe Award · Premio de la Crítica Española · Knight Commander of the Order of Civil Merit · Hijo Predilecto de Valencia · Federico García Lorca International Poetry award
- Languages
- Spanish · Catalan · Latin
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Illustration — Jaime Siles Jaime Siles is a Spanish poet, translator and literary critic. He was born in Valencia in 1951, and studied Philosophy and Literature at Salamanca University. He continued his studies at Tubingen University, aided by a scholarship from the Fundación Juan March.
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He taught at the University of La Laguna, before moving to Vienna in 1983 where he became the director of the Spanish Cultural Institute. Siles published his first book of poems, Génesis de la luz, at the age of 18. He has since published more than a dozen poetry collections and won many prizes for his work. He has also written widely in the field of literary criticism.
Jaime Siles studied at University of Valencia, University of Salamanca and University of Tübingen. The recorded working language is Spanish, Catalan and Latin. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry. Employment is recorded with University of Cologne, University of Salamanca and University of Alcalá. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctorate at the Blaise-Pascal university, Loewe Award, Premio de la Crítica Española and Knight Commander of the Order of Civil Merit.
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- Entre rupture et continuité : la régénération du langage poétique chez Jaime Siles (Poesia 1969-1990)
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