Gerardo Diego Cendoya was a Spanish

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 poet

Poet

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, a member of the Generation of '27

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Gerardo Diego taught language and literature at institutes of learning in Soria

Soria

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, Gijón

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, Santander and Madrid. He also acted as literary and music critic for several newspapers.

In 1925, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature

Premio Nacional de Literatura

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 and in 1947 he was elected to the Spanish Royal Academy. His lifetime accomplishment was recognised with the Cervantes Prize in 1979.

He died in Madrid in 1987, aged 90.

External links

• Fundación Gerardo Diego (in Spanish)