Ricardo Gullón

He developed a strong friendship with the writer Juan Ramón Jiménez. In 1935, he published his first book Fin de semana. He was imprisoned by the Nationalist forces for collaborating with the republican forces during the Spanish Civil War. He was released with the help of Luis Rosales and Luis Felipe Vivanco. In 1953, he travelled to Puerto Rico to visit his exiled friend Juan Ramón Jiménez and remained there for three years. He moved to the United States where he taught Spanish literature at several universities including Columbia, Chicago and Texas-Austin. He supervised doctoral theses on the 19th-century Spanish novel and contemporary Spanish poetry, among other literary topics. In the US, he is now regarded as one of the leading Hispanists of the 20th century. He was a recognized authority on the works of Juan Ramón Jiménez, Benito Pérez Galdós, José María de Pereda, Antonio Machado and Miguel de Unamuno. In 1989, he was elected to the Royal Spanish Academy. Also that year, he received the prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He died in Madrid in 1991.

Ricardo Gullón studied at University of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish. Positions recorded include Member of the Royal Spanish Academy. Work by Ricardo Gullón is recorded in the collections of Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship and Princess of Asturias Literary Prize.

• Honorific Prefix — The Most Excellent • Name — Ricardo Gullón • Birth Name — Ricardo Gullón Fernández • Born — 30 August 1908 • Birthplace — Astorga, Spain • Died — 11 February 1991 • Place of death — Madrid, Spain