José Moreno Villa
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José Moreno Villa was a Spanish poet and member of the Generation of '27
. Was a rich man who excelled in facets: narrator, essayist, literary critic, artist, painter, columnist, researcher, archivist, librarian and archaeologist. He was also a teaching at universities in United States and México.
, his parents sent him to 17 years to Freiburg im Breisgau to study chemistry
. He increases his passion for reading while slowly studying chemistry leaves without telling his parents.
Back to Málaga
in 1910 and decides to settle in Madrid
. Through Jiménez Fraud does it charge translations. There is making contacts with personalities such as Ortega y Gasset, Enrique de Mesa
, Ramón Pérez de Ayala
, Enrique Díez Canedo
, Juan Ramón Jiménez
and Pío Baroja
, among others. He worked on the editorial Calleja from 1916-1921 as recommended by Juan Ramón Jiménez
. He wrote for magazines such as España magazine, Revista de Occidente and El Sol
.
Since his arrival in Madrid
lived stay at the Residencia de Estudiantes
in which spent nearly 20 years, he scored in his intellectual and human. With the Spanish Republic
Moreno Villa lived times of stability, was appointed Director of the Archives of the National Palace
, improved their economic situation. Organizations entrusted conferences and articles in the newspaper El Sol
became a classic. In 1927 he published a travel journal entitled Pruebas de Nueva York (Evidence of New York), after its stay in the U.S. city who traveled to New York with his girlfriend he met in Madrid
.
With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
he moved to Valencia for a short time until he was exiled to the United States where he performed various cultural and educational work at the University of Princeton. Shortly after finally go into exile in Mexico
, where the married, had a son and developed much of his work.
Generation of '27
The Generation of '27 was an influential group of poets that arose in Spanish literary circles between 1923 and 1927, essentially out of a shared desire to experience and work with avant-garde forms of art and poetry. Their first formal meeting took place in Seville in 1927 to mark the 300th...
. Was a rich man who excelled in facets: narrator, essayist, literary critic, artist, painter, columnist, researcher, archivist, librarian and archaeologist. He was also a teaching at universities in United States and México.
Biography
After finishing high school in MálagaMálaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
, his parents sent him to 17 years to Freiburg im Breisgau to study chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
. He increases his passion for reading while slowly studying chemistry leaves without telling his parents.
Back to Málaga
Málaga
Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
in 1910 and decides to settle in 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...
. Through Jiménez Fraud does it charge translations. There is making contacts with personalities such as Ortega y Gasset, Enrique de Mesa
Enrique de Mesa
Enrique de Mesa was a Spanish poet....
, Ramón Pérez de Ayala
Ramón Pérez de Ayala
Ramón Pérez de Ayala was a Spanish writer. He was the Spanish ambassador to England and voluntarily exiled himself to South America because of the Spanish Civil War .-Background:...
, Enrique Díez Canedo
Enrique Díez Canedo
Enrique Díez Canedo , was a Spanish postmodernist poet, translator and literary critic.-Biography:...
, 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...
and Pío Baroja
Pío Baroja
Pío Baroja y Nessi was a Spanish Basque writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family, his brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew Julio Caro Baroja, son of his younger sister Carmen, was a well known...
, among others. He worked on the editorial Calleja from 1916-1921 as recommended by 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...
. He wrote for magazines such as España magazine, Revista de Occidente and El Sol
El Sol (Madrid)
El Sol was a Spanish newspaper printed in Madrid. It was founded the December 1, 1917 by Nicolás María de Urgoiti. Edited by Manuel Aznar Zubigaray, its writers included Julio Álvarez del Vayo and Ernesto Giménez Caballero....
.
Since his arrival in 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...
lived stay at the Residencia de Estudiantes
Residencia de estudiantes
The Residencia de Estudiantes, literally the "Student Residence", is one of the original Spanish cultural centers in Madrid, Spain. During the first half of the twentieth century, the Residence was a prestigious cultural institution that helped foster and create the intellectual environment of...
in which spent nearly 20 years, he scored in his intellectual and human. With the Spanish Republic
Second Spanish Republic
The Second Spanish Republic was the government of Spain between April 14 1931, and its destruction by a military rebellion, led by General Francisco Franco....
Moreno Villa lived times of stability, was appointed Director of the Archives of the National Palace
Royal Palace of Madrid
The Palacio Real de Madrid is the official residence of the King of Spain in the city of Madrid, but it is only used for state ceremonies. King Juan Carlos and the Royal Family do not reside in the palace, choosing instead the more modest Palacio de la Zarzuela on the outskirts of Madrid...
, improved their economic situation. Organizations entrusted conferences and articles in the newspaper El Sol
El Sol (Madrid)
El Sol was a Spanish newspaper printed in Madrid. It was founded the December 1, 1917 by Nicolás María de Urgoiti. Edited by Manuel Aznar Zubigaray, its writers included Julio Álvarez del Vayo and Ernesto Giménez Caballero....
became a classic. In 1927 he published a travel journal entitled Pruebas de Nueva York (Evidence of New York), after its stay in the U.S. city who traveled to New York with his girlfriend he met in 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...
.
With the outbreak of the Spanish 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 moved to Valencia for a short time until he was exiled to the United States where he performed various cultural and educational work at the University of Princeton. Shortly after finally go into exile in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, where the married, had a son and developed much of his work.
Poetry
- Garba (1913)
- El pasajero (1914)
- Luchas de Pena y Alegría y su transfiguración (1915)
- Evoluciones. Cuentos, Caprichos, Bestiario, Epitafios y Obras paralelas (1918)
- Colección. Poesías (1924)
- Jacinta la Pelirroja. Poema en poemas y dibujos (1929)
- Carambas (1931)
- Puentes que no acaban. Poemas (1933)
- Salón sin muros (1936)
- Puerta severa (1941)
- La noche del Verbo (1942)
- Voz en vuelo a su cuna (Avance de ese libro inédito) Ed. Ángel Caffarena Such (1961)
- Voz en vuelo a su cuna prologue León FelipeLeón FelipeLeón 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...
, epilog Juan Rejano (1961) - Poesías completas Ed. Juan Pérez de Ayala (1998)
- La música que llevaba. Antología poética Ed. Juan Cano Ballesta (2010)
Other works
- Velázquez (1920)
- Patrañas (1921)
- Dibujos del Instituto Jovellanos (1926)
- Pruebas de Nueva York (1927)
- Locos, enanos, negros y niños palaciegos (1939)
- Cornucopia de México (1940)
- Doce manos mexicanas, datos para la historia literaria (1941)
- La escultura colonial mexicana (1941)
- Vida en claro, Autobiografía (1944)
- Leyendo a San Juan de la Cruz, Garcilaso, Fr. Luis de León, Bécquer, etc (1944)
- Probetería y locura (1945)
- Lo que sabía mi loro (1945)
- Lo mexicano en las artes plásticas (1948)
- Los autores como actores (1951)
- Análisis de los poemas de Picasso (1996)
- José Moreno Villa escribe artículos (1906-1937) ed. Carolina Galán Caballero (1999)
- Temas de arte ed. Humberto Huergo (2001)
- Ideografías de José Moreno Villa (2007)