Antonio Oliver
Antonio Oliver Belmás (Cartagena, 29 January 1903 - 28 July 1968) was a Spanish writer, poet, literary critic, historian of Spanish art, and telegraphist.
In 1931, he married the poet Carmen Conde.[1] The couple formed part of the Generation of '27, a group of artists and poets that specialized in the avant-garde. Together they became involved in organising the Universidad Popular de Cartagena, or People's University, set up for the education of working men and women on behalf of the republican government.[2] After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Belmás joined the republican army and worked on the Popular Front Radio.[1]
After the war, Belmás taught Latin American literature at the University of Madrid. In 1962, the Nicaraguan State University awarded him an honorary degree for his work on Rubén Darío.[1]
He died in 1968.[1]
The Antonio Oliver Belmás International Poetry Award is named in his honour.[3]
Work
- Mast, 1925
- Saved Crying
- Andrew Knight Talks
- Book of Loas, 1947
- From Cervantes to Poetry, 1944
- Don Luis de Gongora, 1963
- Life and Work of Lope de Vega
- Garcilaso de la Vega, 1965
- Garcilaso, Captain and Poet
- Dying but no fear
- This other Rubén Darío
- 1900-1950. Half a Century of Artists Murcianos, 1952.
References
- ^ a b c d Davies, Catherine (2000). Spanish Women's Writing 1849-1996. Bloomsbury. pp. 199–203. ISBN 9781847142122.
- ^ Sibbald, K.M. (2008). "LITERATURE, 1898–1936". The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies. 70: 369.
- ^ "Víctor Herrero, Professor of Theology, winner of the Antonio Oliver Belmás International Poetry Award". Comillas Universidad Pontificia. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2025.