andalusia03 writers

By: Pilar Martinez Moya & Aida Centeno Barrera.

Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. Juan Ramon Jimenez. Federico Garcia Lorca. Rafael Alberti. Concha Lopez Narvaez. Ana Rossetti. Francisco Ayala. Pedro Antonio de Alarcon.

Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, (Seville February 17, 1836 – Madrid December 22, 1870) was a Spanish post-romanticist writer of poetry and short stories, now considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature.

He wrote about feelings and love. His best known works are the Rhymes and the

Legends. One of his Rhymes is:

¿Qué es poesía?, dices mientras clavas en mi pupila tu pupila azul. ¿Que es poesía?, Y tú me lo preguntas? Poesía... eres tú.

Juan Ramón Jiménez (Moguer, (Huelva) 24 December 1881–Santurce, Puerto Rico, 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet. One of his most important contributions to modern poetry was the idea of “poesía pura.”

His most important work is a book called “Platero y yo”.

Platero es pequeño, peludo, suave; tan blando por fuera, que se diría todo de algodón, que no lleva huesos. Sólo los espejos de azabache de sus ojos son duros cual dos escarabajos de cristal negro...

Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros (Granada) – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. An emblematic member of the Generation of '27, he was killed by Nationalist partisans at the age of 38 at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

He wrote important works like: “Book of Poems”, “A Poet in New York”, “Sonnets of Dark Love”…

La aurora de Nueva York tiene cuatro columnas de cieno y un huracán de negras palomasque chapotean en las aguas podridas.

La aurora de Nueva York gime por las inmensas escaleras buscando entre las aristas nardos de angustia dibujada.

Rafael Alberti Merello (El Puerto de Santa María, December 16, 1902 - October 28, 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.

His important works were ('Sailor on Dry Land', 1925), ('The Mistress', 1926), ('The Dawn of the Wallflower', 1927)…

Marinerito delgado,Luis Gonzaga de la mar,¡qué fresco era tu pescado,acabado de pescar!

Te fuiste, marinerito,en una noche lunada,¡tan alegre, tan bonito,cantando, a la mar salada!

She was born in Seville, 1939. Concha wrote books for children.

She won lots of prices. Her famous books are: “Memories of a

hen”, “The place of the Earth and the Moon”…

She was born in San Fernando (Cadiz) in 1950.

She is famous for her theatre, poems and narrative.

Yesterday, The irrenunciable city and the note of blues are once of her important creations.

"Mis paredes, mi calma, mi vigilia:el recinto y el tiempo de estar en mí, conmigo.A salvo, finalmente.Completamente a salvodel dolor, la razón y el consuelo.Sin temblor. Sin temblor".

Francisco was born in Granada (1925). When he went to Madrid for studied,

Francisco wrote his to first novels. His important works are: “The time and

me”, “The story of the freedom”…

He was born in Granada (1833) and he died in Valdemoro (1891).

This writer was an important realist novelist.

He was the director of a satiric newspaper called “El látigo”.

“The tall woman”, “The black eyes”…are works of this writer.