Pedro Salinas | |
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Born | Madrid, Spain | 27 November 1891
Died | 4 December 1951 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 60)
Resting place | Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in San Juan |
Spouse | Margarita Bonmatí |
Children | 2 |
Pedro Salinas y Serrano (27 November 1891 – 4 December 1951) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27, as well as a university teacher, scholar and literary critic. In 1937, he delivered the Turnbull lectures at Johns Hopkins University.[1] These were later published under the title Reality and the Poet in Spanish Poetry.