Died 1999-10-27.
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Rafael Alberti
Rafael Alberti Merello was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. He is considered one of the greatest literary figures of the so-called Silver Age of Spanish Literature, and he won numerous prizes and awards. He died aged 96. After the Spanish Civil War, he went into exile because of his Marxist beliefs. On his return to Spain after the death of Franco, Alberti was named Hijo Predilec…
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culture · Spanish poet (1902–1999) · poet · playwright · illustrator · politician · writer · actor · painter · librettist · also Rafael Alberti, Rafael Alberti Merello, R.A Merollo, Alberti
Born 16 December 1902 · Died 27 October 1999 · Q118936
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Saint George's Cross (1999).
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded America Award in Literature (1998).
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Received the America Award for his lifetime contribution to international writing
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1996· 1 entry
Won Gold Medal of Work Merit (1996).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1993).
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Granada (1991).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University (1990).
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Mariano de Cavia' Price (1988).
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1983· 5 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse-II (1983).
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Awarded Dearest Son of Andalusia (1983).
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Awarded Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1983).
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And Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad de Cádiz in 1985
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Was awarded the Premio Cervantes, the Spanish literary world's highest honour
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded International Botev Prize (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded National Theater Prize (1980).
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1978· 1 entry
Won Golden Wreath (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1977).
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Lenin Peace Prize (1965).
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1959· 1 entry
And this remains the best source of information on his early life
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1933· 1 entry
The violent attacks that Alberti launched against him in the magazine Octubre ("October"), which he had founded with María Teresa, led to a period of exile
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1931· 1 entry
Was another factor that pushed Alberti towards Marxism and he joined the Communist Party of Spain
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1925· 1 entry
Awarded Concurso Nacional de Literatura (Spain, 1923-1973) (1925).
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1921· 1 entry
Was diagnosed with tuberculosis and he spent many months recuperating in a sanatorium in the Sierra de Guadarrama where he read avidly among the works of Antonio Machado and Juan Ramón Jiménez, as well as various Ultr
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1920· 1 entry
In quick succession of his father, the matador Joselito, and Benito Pérez Galdós inspired him to write poetry
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1902· 2 entries
Born 1902-12-16.
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To a family of vintners who had once been the most powerful in town, suppliers of sherry to the crowned heads of Europe
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