Blas de Otero ( Spanish: Blas de Otero ; March 15, 1916 , Bilbao ) - June 29, 1979 , Madrid ) - Spanish ( Basque ) poet and screenwriter . One of the leading representatives of social and civic poetry in Spain.
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Biography
Since the 1930s, he studied law and studied poetry, but was forced to leave Madrid and return to Bilbao . In 1935 he graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Zaragoza .
Since 1941, he worked as a legal adviser. Member of the Communist Party of Spain since 1952.
In 1956-1959 he lived in Barcelona . In 1960 he visited the Soviet Union and China . In 1964 he moved to Cuba , where he was awarded the Casa de las Americas Prize, in 1967 he returned to Madrid.
He died in 1979 in Madrid, where he was buried.
Creativity
In the early period of creativity, he was influenced by the mystics Juan de la Cruz and Teresa de Jesus , which was reflected in the very first book, “Spiritual Anthems” (Cántico espiritual, 1942), in which religious and existentialist motifs sounded, elements of mysticism were felt.
Blas de Otero, passed political conflicts and devoted his whole life to the search for God.
Burned the manuscripts of their first pre-war books. The title of the first book of sonnets, which brought him fame, was already controversial - "In the bestial human angel" (Ángel fieramente humano) (1950).
Today's bitter but brave Spain is the main theme of Otero's poetry and sonnets. In verses, thoughts about the fate of the motherland, about art and national poetry. He is the author of poetry collections “In the bestial human angel” (1950), “Double consciousness”, “Says conscience” (“Redoble de conciencia” (1951), “I demand peace and words” (“Pido la paz y la palabra” , 1955), “In Spanish” (“En castellano”, 1960), “It Is About Spain” (“Que trata de España”, 1963), “Fictional and Fictional Stories” (1970), “The Whole World” and of others, the poet addresses the “innumerable majority”, advocates socially significant poetry accessible to the people, his poetry is harsh, strict, and at the same time effective and optimistic.
In recent years, a strict critic of the “historical present” and a lyricist looking to the past (“Poetry and History”, “Country”, “Poetry of Names”). Compiled by anthologies.
His poems are laconic, aphoristic. The poet was forced to speak allegorically. The traditions of folk poetry are felt in his work and at the same time it is deeply modern. Otero often used a free verse.
Most of the collections of the poet during the years of reaction were prohibited by censorship and published outside of Spain. The poetry of Blas de Otero is a high example of civic, relevant poetry. As critics say, he is the most social and most “Spanish” poet of his generation. [3]
“Shadows whispered to him” (Sonnet)
I’ll join my lips and as if grab |
Memory
The name of the poet is the primary school "Blas de Otero" in the city of Alcorcon .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ 1 2 Diccionario biográfico español - Royal Academy of History .
- ↑ I demand peace and words a