José Ángel Valente
José Ángel Valente Docasar (25 April 1929, Ourense, Galicia, Spain — 18 July 2000, Geneva, Switzerland) was a Spanish poet of the Generation of '50, an essayist, and a translator, who wrote in Spanish and Galician. He studied at the Faculty of Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, at the Faculty of Romance Philology at the University Complutense, taught Spanish philology at Oxford. From 1958 he lived in Switzerland, after 1980 he divided his time between Spain, Switzerland and France.
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José Ángel Valente
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- Born
- 1929 · Ourense.
- Died
- 2000 · Geneva.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- writer · translator · poet · essayist · librettist
- Movements
- Generation of '50
- Education
- Complutense University of Madrid
- Honours
- Premio Adonáis de Poesía · Princess of Asturias Literary Prize · Premio Nacional de Poesía · Castelao Medal · honorary doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela · honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca
- Languages
- Spanish · Galician
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José Ángel Valente Docasar (25 April 1929, Ourense, Galicia, Spain — 18 July 2000, Geneva, Switzerland) was a Spanish poet of the Generation of '50, an essayist, and a translator, who wrote in Spanish and Galician. He studied at the Faculty of Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, at the Faculty of Romance Philology at the University Complutense, taught Spanish philology at Oxford. From 1958 he lived in Switzerland, after 1980 he divided his time between Spain, Switzerland and France.
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In 1972, he was accused by the Franco government of insulting the honor of the Spanish army. One of the greatest Spanish poets of the second half of the 20th century. Prize winner of the Pablo Iglesias Posse Foundation (1984), Princess of Asturias Awards (1988), Queen Sofia (1998). The Department of Poetics and Aesthetics at the University of Santiago de Compostela is named after Jose Angel Valente.
José Ángel Valente studied at Complutense University of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish and Galician. Employment is recorded with University of Oxford. Distinctions recorded are Premio Adonáis de Poesía, Princess of Asturias Literary Prize, Premio Nacional de Poesía and Castelao Medal.
José Ángel Valente is recorded as writer, translator, poet, essayist and librettist.
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1929
José Ángel Valente was born in 1929 at Ourense.
2000
José Ángel Valente died in 2000 at Geneva.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091422850, Encuentro Internacional sobre José Ángel Valente (1993 : Santiago de Compostela).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2997430: José Ángel Valente
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- 2.Claudio Rodriguez Fer. José Ángel Valente: No creo que yo exista completamente
- 3.El guardián del fin de los desiertos. Perspectivas sobre Valente
- 4.La Casa del Poeta José Ángel Valente en Almería recibe a casi 10.000 personas en su primer año de apertura
- 5.Maduración, teoría, y la 'nueva poesía': El nombrar como praxis del conocimiento en José Ángel Valente
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1091422850, Encuentro Internacional sobre José Ángel Valente (1993 : Santiago de Compostela).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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