Enrique Díez Canedo
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Enrique Díez Canedo was a Spanish postmodernist
poet, translator and literary critic.
n village called Alburquerque
, but during his early years the family moved successively to Badajoz
, Valencia, Vigo
, Port Bou
and Barcelona
; in this last city his parents died in a short period of time. Being an orphan, he moved to Madrid
to study Law and, once he graduated and settle down, taught art history at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios, and French language and literature at the Escuela Central de Idiomas.
He sympathised with Krauseanism and was a denizen of the Ateneo, where he organized a number of acts (homages to Rubén Darío
, Benito Pérez Galdós
and Mariano de Cavia; and presentations like the one with José María Gabriel y Galán
). He frequented the gathering of the Café Regina, where he became friend of Manuel Azaña
, and started his poetic path publishing his first poems in Versos de las horas, 1906.
At the same tame, he started to collaborate with the press through El Liberal
, where he publishes in 1903 a poem with an award given by that newspaper. This collaboration was followed by others in the magazine Renacimiento, and shortly after that his activities in journalism extend to literary and art criticism. He collaborates as a poetry critic in the magazine La Lectura, as an art critic in Diario Universal and in Faro, a publication that popularized the ideas of young men such as José Ortega y Gasset
, Adolfo Posada, Gabriel Maura and Pedro de Répide. He also worked for Revista Latina and the Revista Crítica, directed by Francisco Villaespesa
and Carmen de Burgos respectively. As a theatre critic he started with a series of articles in El Globo, 1908.
He was in Paris between years 1909 and 1911 as a secretary of the Ecuadorian ambassador. That didn't interrupt his journalist work, because he also wrote in España, El Sol, La Voz, La Pluma and Revista de Occidente. He also wrote for La Nación
, from Buenos Aires
. In 1921 he collaborated with Juan Ramón Jiménez
in the making of the magazine Índice, because of his friendship with the Spanish poet.
Díez-Canedo also was involved in some publications with the purpose of introducing new writers and, for example, he published the first verses of León Felipe
in the magazine España and also helped Juan Ramón Jiménez
to publish some of his collaborations in El Sol. Thanks to him, a poem by Gerardo Diego
was published in España. He also helped with reviews and critic articles about the works they were publishing. Among other numerous examples, it can be mentioned the case of Versos Humanos, by Gerardo Diego
, of which he made an acute critic in La Nación
.
As a translator, he worked mainly with material from English and French, but also from Catalan and German. He translated authors like Paul Verlaine
, Francis Jammes
, Michel de Montaigne
, John Webster
, H. G. Wells
, Heinrich Heine
, Eugeni d'Ors
and Walt Whitman
.
Already in the middle of the Civil War
, he collaborated with Hora de España and participated in the Second International Writers in Defense of the Culture Congress; he directed the Madrid magazine as well.
In 1935 he was elected as a member of the Royal Spanish Academy
.
Postmodern literature
The term Postmodern literature is used to describe certain characteristics of post–World War II literature and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas implicit in Modernist literature.Postmodern literature, like postmodernism as a whole, is hard to define and there is little agreement on the exact...
poet, translator and literary critic.
Biography
His maternal relatives came from an ExtremaduraExtremadura
Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...
n village called Alburquerque
Alburquerque, Badajoz
Alburquerque is a town in the province of Badajoz in Spain. It has 5,600 inhabitants. It is very close to the border with Portugal and was an ancient dominion of the kings of this country...
, but during his early years the family moved successively to Badajoz
Badajoz
Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain, situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid–Lisbon railway. The population in 2007 was 145,257....
, Valencia, Vigo
Vigo
Vigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:...
, Port Bou
Portbou
Portbou is a town in the Alt Empordà county, in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 1,307 people.- Overview :It is located near the French border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point for SNCF trains coming from Cerbère in France.Portbou...
and Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
; in this last city his parents died in a short period of time. Being an orphan, he moved to Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
to study Law and, once he graduated and settle down, taught art history at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios, and French language and literature at the Escuela Central de Idiomas.
He sympathised with Krauseanism and was a denizen of the Ateneo, where he organized a number of acts (homages to Rubén Darío
Rubén Darío
Félix Rubén García Sarmiento , known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century...
, Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....
and Mariano de Cavia; and presentations like the one with José María Gabriel y Galán
José María Gabriel y Galán
José María Gabriel y Galán was a Spanish poet in Castilian and Extremaduran.He was a teacher in Guijuelo & Piedrahíta...
). He frequented the gathering of the Café Regina, where he became friend of Manuel Azaña
Manuel Azaña
Manuel Azaña Díaz was a Spanish politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic , and later served again as Prime Minister , and then as the second and last President of the Republic . The Spanish Civil War broke out while he was President...
, and started his poetic path publishing his first poems in Versos de las horas, 1906.
At the same tame, he started to collaborate with the press through El Liberal
El Liberal
El Liberal was a Spanish liberal newspaper published in Madrid between 1879 and 1936....
, where he publishes in 1903 a poem with an award given by that newspaper. This collaboration was followed by others in the magazine Renacimiento, and shortly after that his activities in journalism extend to literary and art criticism. He collaborates as a poetry critic in the magazine La Lectura, as an art critic in Diario Universal and in Faro, a publication that popularized the ideas of young men such as José Ortega y Gasset
José Ortega y Gasset
José Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish liberal philosopher and essayist working during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. He was, along with Nietzsche, a proponent of the idea of perspectivism.-Biography:José Ortega y Gasset was...
, Adolfo Posada, Gabriel Maura and Pedro de Répide. He also worked for Revista Latina and the Revista Crítica, directed by Francisco Villaespesa
Francisco Villaespesa
Francisco Villaespesa Martín was a Spanish writer. He was born in Láujar de Andarax, Province of Almería, which marked him all his life...
and Carmen de Burgos respectively. As a theatre critic he started with a series of articles in El Globo, 1908.
He was in Paris between years 1909 and 1911 as a secretary of the Ecuadorian ambassador. That didn't interrupt his journalist work, because he also wrote in España, El Sol, La Voz, La Pluma and Revista de Occidente. He also wrote for La Nación
La Nación
La Nación is an Argentine daily newspaper. The country's leading conservative paper, the centrist Clarín is its main competitor. It is the only newspaper in Argentina still published in broadsheet format.-Overview:...
, from Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. In 1921 he collaborated with Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...
in the making of the magazine Índice, because of his friendship with the Spanish poet.
Díez-Canedo also was involved in some publications with the purpose of introducing new writers and, for example, he published the first verses of León Felipe
León Felipe
León Felipe Camino Galicia was a Spanish poet.Felipe was born in Tábara, Zamora, Spain, while his parents were on travel. His father was a notary public, and consequently very well off. His family established in Santander. Later on, Felipe would study pharmacy and start a business as a...
in the magazine España and also helped Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the French concept of "pure poetry."-Biography:Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in...
to publish some of his collaborations in El Sol. Thanks to him, a poem by Gerardo Diego
Gerardo Diego
Gerardo Diego Cendoya was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.Gerardo Diego taught language and literature at institutes of learning in Soria, Gijón, Santander and Madrid...
was published in España. He also helped with reviews and critic articles about the works they were publishing. Among other numerous examples, it can be mentioned the case of Versos Humanos, by Gerardo Diego
Gerardo Diego
Gerardo Diego Cendoya was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.Gerardo Diego taught language and literature at institutes of learning in Soria, Gijón, Santander and Madrid...
, of which he made an acute critic in La Nación
La Nación
La Nación is an Argentine daily newspaper. The country's leading conservative paper, the centrist Clarín is its main competitor. It is the only newspaper in Argentina still published in broadsheet format.-Overview:...
.
As a translator, he worked mainly with material from English and French, but also from Catalan and German. He translated authors like Paul Verlaine
Paul Verlaine
Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:...
, Francis Jammes
Francis Jammes
Francis Jammes was a French poet. Coming from an ancient family, he spent most of his life in his native region of Béarn and the Basque Country and his poems are known for their lyricism and for singing the pleasures of a humble country life...
, Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne
Lord Michel Eyquem de Montaigne , February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592, was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism...
, John Webster
John Webster
John Webster was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.- Biography :Webster's life is obscure, and the dates...
, H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells
Herbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
, Heinrich Heine
Heinrich Heine
Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was one of the most significant German poets of the 19th century. He was also a journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder by composers such as Robert Schumann...
, Eugeni d'Ors
Eugeni d'Ors
Eugeni d’Ors i Rovira was a Catalan Spanish writer, essayist, journalist, philosopher and art critic...
and Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...
.
Already in the middle of the Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
, he collaborated with Hora de España and participated in the Second International Writers in Defense of the Culture Congress; he directed the Madrid magazine as well.
In 1935 he was elected as a member of the Royal Spanish Academy
Real Academia Española
The Royal Spanish Academy is the official royal institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, but is affiliated with national language academies in twenty-one other hispanophone nations through the Association of Spanish Language Academies...
.
Works
- Versos de las horas, 1906, poetry.
- La visita del sol, 1907, poetry.
- La sombra del ensueño, 1910, poetry.
- Imágenes, 1910, poetry.
- Sala de retratos, 1920, prose.
- Conversaciones literarias, 1921, literary criticism.
- Algunos versos, 1924, poetry.
- Epigramas americanos, 1928, poetry.
- Los dioses en el Prado, 1931.