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León Felipe
Spanish poet
Also known as: Felipe Camino Galicia de la Rosa
Quick Facts
- Original name in full:
- Felipe Camino Galicia de la Rosa
- Born:
- April 11, 1884, Tábara, Spain
- Died:
- Sept. 18, 1968, Mexico City, Mex. (aged 84)
- Notable Works:
- “Song of Myself”
León Felipe (born April 11, 1884, Tábara, Spain—died Sept. 18, 1968, Mexico City, Mex.) was a Spanish poet known chiefly as a poet of the Spanish Civil War. After performing across Spain with a traveling theatre company, Felipe published his first book, Versos y oraciones de caminante (1919; “Verses and Prayers of a Traveler”), in Madrid. He worked for an extended period of time in Mexico and the United States as a literature professor, a librarian, and a cultural attaché. Following a brief stay in Spain and the defeat of the Second Republic, he moved permanently to Mexico. His later ...(100 of 220 words)