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Juan Ramon Jimenez, recipient of the 1956 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in Moguer, Spain. His father, Victor Jimenez, was a banker. He was educated at the Jesuit Academy in Cadiz and studied briefly at the Univeristy of Salamanca before moving to Madrid. He worked for twenty years as an editor of several literary journals. He later allied himself with the Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War.
Jimenez began writing at the age of 15 and published his first book of poetry, ALMAS DE VIOLETA, when he was 19. He was the leader of a literary group which referred to themselves as the "modernistas."
Juan Ramon Jimenez died in Puerto Rico in 1958.
CHRONOLOGY
1881 He was born in Moguer, Spain. (December 24)
1900 ALMAS DE VIOLETA; NINFEAS; He moved to Madrid.
1902 RIMAS
1903 ARIAS TRISTES
1904 JARDINES LEJOS
1905 PASTORALES; He returned to Moguer.
1908 ELEJIAS PURAS
1909 ELEGIAS INTERMEDIAS; OLVINDANZAS
1910 BALADAS DE PRIMAVERA
1911 LA SOLEDAD SONERA; POEMAS MAGICOS DOLIENTES
1912 MELANCOLIA; He returned to Madrid.
1913 LABERINTO
1914 PLATERO Y YO
1915 ESTIO
1916 SONETOS ESPRITUALES 1914-1915; He married Zenobia Camprubi Aymar.
1917 POESIAS ESCOGIDAS (1899-1917)
1918 ETERNIDADES
1919 PIEDRA Y CIELO
1922 SEGUNDA ANTOLOGIA POETICA (1899-1918)
1923 POESIA, EN VERSO, 1917-1923; BELLEZA
1925 UNIDAD
1929 OBRA EN MARCHA
1930 He moved to Seville.
1932 SUCESION; POESIA EN PROSA Y VERSO
1934 PRESENTE
1935 I (HOJAS NUEVES, PROSA Y VERSO)
1936 CANSION; LA ESTACION TOTAL OCN CANCIONES DE NUEVA LUZ; POLITICA POETICA; He moved to Puerto Rico.
1937 VERSO Y PROSA PARA NINOS
1938 CIEGO ANTE CIEGOS
1939 He moved to the United States.
1942 ESPANOLES DE TRES MUNDOS
1944 ANTOLOGIA POETICA
1945 VOCES DE MI COPLA
1946 LA ESTACION TOTAL CON LAS CONCIONES DE LA NUEVA LUX
1947 ANIMAL DE FUNDO
1948 DIARIO DE POETA Y MAR; ROMANCES DE CORAL GABLES
1949 DIOS DESENDO Y DISENATE (GOD DESIRED AND DESIRING)
1950 FIFTY SPANISH POEMS
1951 He returned to Puerto Rico.
1956 He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.; His wife died.
1957 TERCERA ANTOLOJIA POETICA; EL ZARATAN; SELECTED WRITINGS
1958 He died in Puerto Rico. (May 29)
1961 LA CORRIENTE INFINITA 1903-1954; POR EL CRITISAL AMARILLO 1902-1954; EL TRABAJO GUSTOSO 1948-1954
1962 THREE HUNDRED POEMS 1903-1953
1965 LA COLINA DE LOS CHOPOS 1913-1928
1967 FORTY POEMS
1973 LORCA AND JIMENEZ: SELECTED POEMS
1981 ISLA DE LA SIMPATIA
1982 TIEMPO Y ESPACIO (TIME AND SPACE)
1983 LA REALIDAD INVISIBLE (INVISIBLE REALITY)
1985 GUERRA EN ESPANA, 1936-1953
1986 STORIES OF LIFE AND DEATH
1987 SPACE AND ITME: A POETIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY; LIGHT AND SHADOWS; THE COMPLETE PERFECTIONIST
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