Ildefonso-Manuel Gil
Ildefonso-Manuel Gil (born January 22, 1912 in Paniza , Campo de Cariñena , † April 28, 2003 in Saragossa ) was a Spanish poet, author, Romanist , Hispanist and Lusitanist .
life and work
As a poet, Gil belonged to the "generation of 1936". He did his PhD in Philology, went to the United States and taught (through the mediation of his friend Francisco Ayala ) from 1962 to 1982 at the City University of New York as a professor of Spanish. In 1983 he returned to Spain and lived in Saragossa.
In 2012 the University of Zaragoza organized a “Homenaje a Ildefonso Manuel Gil, con motivo del centenario de su nacimiento”. A street in Saragossa is named after him, as is a library.
Works (selection)
- Historia de la literatura extranjera , Saragossa 1943
- Ensayos sobre poesía portuguesa , Saragossa 1948
- (Ed. And translator) Camões, Los Luisiadas , Madrid 1955
- Valle-Inclán, Azorín y Baroja , Madrid 1975
- Escritores aragoneses. Ensayos y confidencias , Saragossa 1979
literature
- Homenaje a Ildefonso-Manuel Gil , Saragossa 1982 (with list of publications)
- Francisco Ayala (Ed.), Ildefonso-Manuel Gil , Madrid 1982
- Ildefonso-Manuel Gil. Por no decir adiós , Saragossa 2003
Web links
- http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/bib_autor/manuelgil/pcuartonivel.jsp?conten=poesia_bibliografia (with bibliography)
- Literature by and about Ildefonso-Manuel Gil in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gil, Ildefonso-Manuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gil López, Ildefonso-Manuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish poet, Romance philologist, and Hispanist who was a university professor in the United States |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paniza , Campo de Cariñena |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 2003 |
| Place of death | Zaragoza |