Jorge Guillén [1893–1984]

Date of Birth:	18 Jan 1893 Valladolid, Calle Constitución, 12
Died:	6 Feb 1984 Malaga (age 91)

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1909	Valaldolid	Ends his Secondary School at Instituto Zorrilla.
1911	Freiburg	Attends religious school in Freiburg, where he learns French.
Sep 1911–1913	Madrid/Spain	University studies. Degree in Philosophy
1913–1914	Munich	Travels to Germany
1914	Madrid, Calle Fortuny	Stays in Madrid. Lives in the Residencia de Estudiantes.
1914–1917	Madrid	Lives in Residencia de Estudiantes.
1917–1923	Veracruz/Mexico	Gets a post as lecturer of Spanish in La Sorbonne.
1921	Veracruz/Mexico	Meets Paul Valery.
1921	Veracruz/Mexico	Marries Germaine Cahen
1921–1923	Veracruz/Mexico	Writes articles of Literary Criticism for El Norte de Castilla, La Libertad, Indice, La Verdad, España and La Pluma.
1923–1925	Murcia	Professor of Spanish Literature at the University of Murcia.
Jun 1923	Valladolid, Calle Constitución, 12	Returns to Valladolid.
1925	Madrid	Obtains his PhD with a dissertation about Góngora.
Feb 1926	Murcia	Is appointed professor of Literature at the University of Murcia.
Feb 1929–1931	Oxford	Due to the closure of the University of Murcia, Guillén accepts a lectorship at Oxford University.
1931	Seville. Plaza Ponce de León	Becomes professor at the University of Seville.
30 Jul–19 Aug 1936	Pamplona	He and his wife are imporisioned when trying to set off to France.
9 Jul 1938	Vera de Bidasoa	Crosses the border allowed by his friend the Francoist Minister Pedro Sainz Rodriguez.
15 Jul 1938	Veracruz/Mexico	Arrives to Paris, whre he meets his wife and children.
Sep 1938–Mar 1939		Obtains a teaching post at University of Middlebury.
May 1939–Aug 1940	Montreal	Appointed professor of Literature at McGill University.
Aug 1940–1958	Wellesley, Norfolk Terrace	Professor at Wellesley College.
23 Oct 1947	Veracruz/Mexico	His wife, Germaine dies.
Jul 1949	Valladolid	Travels to Spain.
11 Oct 1961	Bogota	Marries Irene Mochy.
1976	Alcalá de Henares	Awarded the Cervantes Prize for Literature.
1976	Malaga, Paseo Maritimo 29	Return to Spain. Settles in Malaga.

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Works

Guillén, Jorge Cántico Madrid: Revista de Occidente, 1928.
——— Cántico Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 1950.
——— Del amanecer y el despertar Ed. Francisco del Pino, Valladolid: 1956.
——— Maremágnum Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 1957.
——— Que van a dar en la mar Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 1960.
——— Lenguaje y poesía Boston: Harvard University Press, 1961.
——— A la altura de las circunstancias Buenos Aires: Sudamericana, 1963.
——— Homenaje. Reunión de vidas Milan: All'Insegna del Pesce d'oro, 1967.
——— Aire nuestro Milan: All'Insegna del Pesce d'oro, 1968.
——— Guirnalda civil Cambridge: Halty Eferguson, 1970.
——— Al margen Madrid: Visor, 1972.
——— Y otros poemas Buenos Aires: Muchnik, 1973.
——— Final Barcelona: Barral, 1981.

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Resources

Fundación Jorge Guillén: Website of Jorge Guillén's Foundation in Valladolid. This institution holds Guillén's personal archive as well as other writers from Castilia, such as the exile novelist Rosa Chacel's.
El Poder de la Palabra: Includes a link to the recording of Jorge Guillén reading two of his poems.
Bibliotecas del Instituto Cervantes: Website of the Instituto Cervantes devoted to Guillén. It contains biographical and bibliographical information.

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