José Agustín Goytisolo

José Agustín Goytisolo (born April 13, 1928 in Barcelona , † March 19, 1999 there ) was a Spanish poet . He was the most important Catalan poet of his time and is one of the most famous Spanish-speaking poets.

Life

JAG comes from a wealthy family. His brothers Juan Goytisolo and Luis Goytisolo are also writers. On March 17, 1938, he lost his mother in a bombing. The death of his mother and his grief largely determined his poetic work. In 1945 he began to study law at the University of Barcelona , the last two years of his studies he moved to Madrid . In 1952 he finished his military service and started working as a lawyer. At this time he became acquainted with the members of the Escuela de Barcelona , who jointly published the magazine Laye , and took part in all the events initiated by this literary circle. From 1962 he worked for the Seix Barral publishing house as a consultant and translator. In the 1970s he worked in an architectural office, during which he traveled constantly to recite his poems, worked in magazines and was politically active.

His life ended abruptly when he fell from the balcony of his house, and depression was believed to be the cause of the " suicide ". He dedicated his best-known work Palabras para Julia to his daughter Julia Gay, whom he named after his mother.

plant

• El retorno 1955
• Salmos al viento 1956
• Claridad 1959
• Años decisivos 1961
• Algo sucede 1968
• Bajo tolerancia 1973
• Taller de Arquitectura 1976
• Del tiempo y del olvido 1977
• Palabras para Julia 1979
• Los pasos del cazador 1980
• A veces gran amor 1981
• Sobre las circunstancias 1983
• Final de un adiós 1984
• Como los trenes de la noche 1994
• Cuadernos de El Escorial 1995
• Elegías a Julia Gay 1993

Awards

• Premio Adonais 1954
• Premio Boscán 1956
• Premio Ausias March 1959

literature

• Felipe Pedraza Jiménez, Milagros Rodríguez Cáceres: Manual de literatura española. XII. Posguerra: introducción y líiricos. Pamplona 2005