Antonio Colinas
Antonio Colinas (born January 30, 1946 in La Bañeza , León ) is a Spanish poet , writer and translator .
life and work
Colinas belongs to the group of Novísimos , but within this he differs from the others in that he practically followed his own path from the beginning, determined by his own literary instinct: because of this, his voice stands out immediately: against the excessive avant-garde of the In the group, Antonio Colinas achieved a rare classical equilibrium, arose from his extraordinary ability to take up certain poetic, literary, philosophical and spiritual traditions, to adopt them and to give them a completely personal touch.
Another focus that highlights the adventure of poetry and literature of Antonio Colinas is the connection that always appears in his works between literature and life, as well as between living and cultural experience. We are dealing with a style of writing that comes from full life, that enlightens, that has a transcendent impulse, that is saturated with constant symbolic and metaphysical resonance.
His works are also characterized by balance. Balance between feeling and meditation; between aesthetics (always a musical style and clear, tending to the essence of the word) and ethics (putting your finger on the wound of the calamities of history, the abuse of a broad rationalism, the destruction of nature ...), in this sense we can observe how the moral component is more present each time in all of Antonio Colinas' works; between the highlands (the primary territory of the author) and the Mediterranean (Italy, the world of its cultural experience, although also alive); between the classical (his adoption of poets like Brother Luis de León or San Juan de la Cruz ) and the romantic (his approximation to Leopardi or the romantic Germans); between the sacred and the profane; just to mention a few of the keys to understanding his writing style.
But Antonio Colinas is not just a poet. His works include different genres, he understands literature as a complete creative process that expresses the complex world of being. He therefore felt the need to express himself using genres of very different ways, such as the essay (e.g. The first sense of the poetic word , 1989; About the new life , 1996), the biography, the fragment in prose ( contract der Harmonie , 1991), translation and narration.
Awards
Among other awards, Colinas received the Premio Nacional de la Crítica (1975), the Premio Nacional de Literatura (1982) and several Italian awards for his work as a translator.
Web links
- Official website (span.)
- Literature by and about Antonio Colinas in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colinas, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish poet, writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Bañeza , León |