Rafael Alberti
ABOUT RAFAEL ALBERTI
Member of the Generation of '27 and one of the most influential Spanish writers of the Silver Age of literature. His numerous poetry collections include Capital de la Gloria and Entre el Clavel y la Espada.
He studied visual art and was invited to display his work at the Autumn Salon in 1920.
He was the 1964 recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize.
He eloped with a political activist and writer named Maria Teresa Leon.
He and Jorge Guillen were fellow Spanish poets.
