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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1977
Vicente Aleixandre

Vicente Aleixandre - Facts

Vicente Aleixandre

Vicente Aleixandre

Born: 26 April 1898, Sevilla, Spain

Died: 14 December 1984, Madrid, Spain

Residence at the time of the award: Spain

Prize motivation: "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"

Language: Spanish

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