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Destruction or Love

by Vicente Aleixandre

Nobel Prize · 1977 · Winner
PoetryISBN 9781575910512

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Nobel Prize in Literature1977Winner

About This Book

For a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of spanish poetry between the wars

About the Author

Vicente Aleixandre (1898-1984) was a Spanish poet associated with the Generation of '27, known for his early surrealistic free verse exploring nature, love, and human connection to the cosmos in works like Destruction or Love (1933) and Shadow of Paradise (1944). He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1977 for his innovative poetry that renewed Spanish traditions between the wars.

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