In the history of letters, Manuel Altolaguirre is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Manuel Altolaguirre as Spanish poet (1905-1959).
Manuel Altolaguirre was born in 1905. His recorded nationality is Spain. He was educated at Institución Libre de Enseñanza and University of Granada.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
He worked as poet, writer and screenwriter.
The writing is recorded in Spanish and French.
A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
That the work was written from Spain matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Manuel Altolaguirre died in 1959, aged 54. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
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