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Dámaso Alonso
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Spanish poet, philologist, and literary critic
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Dámaso Alonso (1899–1990) was a Spanish poet, writer, linguist, and university teacher. Born and deceased in Madrid, he was educated at the University of Madrid and Complutense University of Madrid. His academic career included positions at Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Valencia. Among his doctoral students were Fernando Lázaro Carreter and Alonso Zamora Vicente.
Alonso was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, Royal Academy of History, and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He received the Premio Nacional de Poesía and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize. His works, written in Spanish, include *Los decires narrativos del marqués de Santillana*, *El crimen fue en Granada*, *Homenaje Litoral*, *El hospital de los podridos*, *y otros entremeses alguna vez atribuídos a Cervantes*, and *La amistad entre el médico y el enfermo en la Edad Media*. He is buried in La Almudena Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 22 Oct 1898
- Died
- 25 Jan 1990
- Works
- 199
Top works
- Los decires narrativos del marqués de Santillana
- El crimen fue en Granada
- Homenaje Litoral
- El hospital de los podridos, y otros entremeses alguna vez atribuídos a Cervantes
- La amistad entre el médico y el enfermo en la Edad Media
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Key facts
- Born
- Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas , ( 1898-10-22 ) 22 October 1898, Madrid , Spain
- Died
- 25 January 1990 (1990-01-25) (aged 91), Madrid, Spain
- Preceded by
- Miguel Asín Palacios
- Succeeded by
- Francisco Rodríguez Adrados
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Madrid
- Place of death
- Madrid
- Occupation
- romanist
- Employer
- University of Valencia
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Doctoral student
- Fernando Lázaro Carreter
- Image
- Dámaso Alonso.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1899-10-22
- date of death
- 1990-01-25
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- Commons category
- Dámaso Alonso
- place of burial
- La Almudena Cemetery
- writing language
- Spanish
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Dámaso Alonso, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards.
Early life and education
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