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Juan Ramón Jiménez

February 16, 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jiménez and the second or maternal family name is Mantecón.

Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (Spanish pronunciation: [xwan raˈmoŋ xiˈmeneθ manteˈkon];[a] 23 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature[1] "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistic purity". One of Jiménez's most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the concept of "pure poetry".

Juan Ramón Jiménez
BornJuan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón
(1881-12-23)23 December 1881
Moguer, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain
Died29 May 1958(1958-05-29) (aged 76)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Occupationpoet
NationalitySpanish
Genrepoetry
Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature 1956
SpouseZenobia Camprubí
Signature

Biography edit

Juan Ramón Jiménez was born in Moguer, near Huelva, in Andalucia, on 23 December 1881.[2] He was educated in the Jesuit institution of San Luis Gonzaga, in El Puerto de Santa María, near Cadiz. Later, he studied law and painting at the University of Seville, but he soon discovered that his talents were better used for writing.[3] He then dedicated himself to literature, under the influence of Rubén Darío and French symbolism.[3] He published his first two books at the age of eighteen, in 1900. The death of his father the same year devastated him, and a resulting depression led to his being sent first to France, where he had an affair with his doctor's wife, and then to a sanatorium in Madrid staffed by novice nuns, where he lived from 1901 to 1903. He was among the contributors of the Madrid-based avant-garde magazine Prometeo between 1908 and 1912.[4] In 1911 and 1912, he wrote many erotic poems depicting romps with numerous women in numerous locales. Some of them alluded to sex with novices who were nurses. Eventually, apparently, their mother superior discovered the activity and expelled him, although it is not known whether the sexual activity described in his poems actually occurred.[citation needed]

The main subjects of many of his other poems were music and color, which, at times, he compared to love or lust.

He suffered a mental breakdown and depression, so he stayed hospitalised in France and Madrid.[3] He celebrated his home region in his prose poem about a writer and his donkey called Platero and I (1914). In 1916 he and Spanish-born writer and poet Zenobia Camprubí were married in the United States. Zenobia became his indispensable companion and collaborator.

Upon the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, he and Zenobia went into exile in Puerto Rico, where he settled in 1946. Jiménez was hospitalized for eight months due to another deep depression. He later became a Professor of Spanish Language and Literature at the University of Puerto Rico. His literary influence on Puerto Rican writers strongly marks the works of Giannina Braschi, René Marqués, Aurora de Albornoz, and Manuel Ramos Otero.[5] The university named a building on campus and a writing program in his honor. He was also a professor at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. While living in Coral Gables he wrote "Romances de Coral Gables". In addition, he was a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland, which renamed Jimenez Hall for him in 1981.

In 1956, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature; two days later, his wife died of ovarian cancer. Jiménez never recovered from the emotional devastation, and he died two years afterwards, on 29 May 1958, in the same clinic where his wife had died. Both are buried in his hometown of Moguer, Spain.

Although he was primarily a poet, Jiménez' prose work Platero y yo (1917; "Platero and I"; Platero is a donkey) sold well in Latin America and in translation won him popularity in the USA. He also collaborated with his wife in the translation of the Irish playwright John Millington Synge's Riders to the Sea (1920). His poetic output during his life was immense. Among his better known works are Sonetos espirituales 1914–1916 (1916; “Spiritual Sonnets, 1914–15”), Piedra y cielo (1919; “Stones and Sky”), Poesía en verso, 1917–1923 (1923; “Poetry in Verse”), Poesía en prosa y verso (1932; “Poetry in Prose and Verse”), Voces de mi copla (1945; “Voices of My Song”), and Animal de fondo (1947; “Animal at Bottom”). Both Jiménez and Camprubí used a simplified Spanish orthography different from the RAE standard. A collection of 300 poems (1903–53) in English translation by Eloise Roach was published in 1962.

 
Juan Ramón Jiménez depicted on the 1980 2,000 Pesetas banknote

In popular culture edit

Streets named after Jiménez edit

Several streets have been named after Jiménez, including one in Madrid[7] and one in Valencia.[8]

Published works (original editions) edit

  • Ninfeas (Water Lilies), 1900-Madrid.
  • Almas de violeta (Souls of Violet), 1900-Madrid.
  • Rimas (Rhymes), 1902-Madrid.
  • Arias tristes (Sad Arias), 1902
  • Jardines lejanos (Distant Gardens), 1904
  • Elejías puras (Pure Elegies), 1908
  • Elejías intermedias (Intermediate Elegies), 1909
  • Las hojas verdes (The Green Leaves), 1909
  • Poemas mágicos y dolientes (Magic and Painful Poems), 1909
  • Elejías lamentables (Sad Elegies), 1910
  • Baladas de primavera (Ballads of Spring), 1910
  • La soledad sonora (The Sonorous Loneliness), 1911
  • Pastorales (Pastoral), 1911
  • Melancolía (the sonorous loneliness), 1912
  • Laberinto (Labyrinth), 1913
  • Platero y yo (Platero and I) (edición reducida), 1914
  • Estío (Summer), 1916
  • Sonetos espirituales (Spiritual Sonnets), 1917
  • Diario de un poeta recién casado (Diary of a Recently Married Poet), 1917
  • Platero y yo (edición completa) (Platero and I), 1917
  • Eternidades (Eternities), 1918
  • Piedra y cielo (Stone and Sky), 1919
  • Segunda antología poética (Second Poetic Anthology), 1922
  • Poesía (Poetry), 1923
  • Belleza (Beauty), 1923
  • Canción (Song), 1935
  • Voces de mi copla (Voices of my Verse), 1945
  • La estación total (The Full Season), 1946
  • Romances de Coral Gables (Romances from Coral Gables), 1948
  • Animal de fondo (Animal from the Deep), 1949
  • Una colina meridiana (A Shining Hill) , 1950 (1° edición en España: Huerga & Fierro editores, 2002). Prólogo y estudio preliminar de Alfonso Alegre Heitzmann.
  • La frente pensativa (1911-1912) [cuatro poemas inéditos] (The Thoughtful Face), introducción de José Luis Puerto, Zamora: Lucerna, 2001.
  • I Am Not I

    • Published works (translations) edit

    • Books of Love: The Lost Poems of Juan Ramon Jimenez. Athens:Kinchafoonee Creek Press, 2022.

    See also edit

    Notes edit

    1. ^ In isolation, Ramón is pronounced [raˈmon].

    References edit

    1. ^ The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Juan Ramón Jiménez".
    2. ^ Mateo Pérez, Manuel (November 10, 2010). "Moguer y Juan Ramón Jiménez". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 17, 2018.
    3. ^ a b c "Juan Ramón Jiménez. Biografía". Instituto Cervantes (in Spanish). Madrid. March 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
    4. ^ "Prometeo (Madrid. 1908)" (in Spanish). Hemeroteca Digital. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
    5. ^ . The Times Literary Supplement (in Spanish). March 10, 2015. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2018. His lyrical and philosophical work influencing Puerto Rican writers such as Manuel Ramos Otero and René Marqués.
    6. ^ Braschi, Giannina (1998). Sommer, Doris (ed.). Yo-Yo Boing!. Latin American Literary Review Press. p. 205. ISBN 0-935480-97-8.
    7. ^ "Calle de Juan Ramón Jiménez". Callejero.net (in Spanish). Madrid: Hispanetwork Publicidad y Servicios, SL. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
    8. ^ "C/ Juan Ramón Jiménez". Callejero.net (in Spanish). Valencia: Hispanetwork Publicidad y Servicios, SL. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

    Bibliography edit

    • de Albornoz, Aurora, ed. 1980. Juan Ramón Jiménez. Madrid: Taurus.
    • Blasco, F. J. 1982. La Poética de Juan Ramón Jiménez. Desarrollo, contexto y sistema. Salamanca.
    • Campoamor González, Antonio. 1976. Vida y poesía de Juan Ramón Jiménez. Madrid: Sedmay.
    • Campoamor González, Antonio. 1982. Bibliografía general de Juan Ramón Jiménez. Madrid: Taurus.
    • El Cultural. 14 Jun 2007. Los poemas eróticos de Juan Ramon Jiménez. Aparece Libros de amor. Conoce los poemas del JRJ más lujurioso
    • Diario de Córdoba. 6 Jan 2007. ´Libros de amor´ descubre a un Juan Ramón Jiménez erótico 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
    • Díez-Canedo, E. 1944. Juan Ramón Jiménez en su obra. México City.
    • Guardian (London). 19 Jun 2007. My sex in the convent - by Nobel poet
    • Font, María T. 1973. Espacio: autobiografía lírica de Juan Ramón Jiménez. Madrid.
    • Guerrero Ruiz, J . 1961. Juan Ramón de viva voz. Madrid.
    • Gullón, R. 1958. Conversaciones con Juan Ramón Jiménez. Madrid.
    • Jensen, Julio, 2012, . Copenhagen.
    • Juliá, M. 1989. El universo de Juan Ramón Jiménez. Madrid.
    • Olson, P.R. 1967. Circle of Paradox: time and essence in the poetry of Juan Ramon Jimenez. Baltimore.
    • Palau de Nemes, G. 1974. Vida y obra de Juan Ramón Jiménez. 2/e. 2 v. Madrid: Gredos.
    • Predmore, Michael P. 1966. La obra en prosa de Juan Ramón Jiménez. Madrid: Gredos.
    • Salgado, M. A. 1968. El arte polifacético de las caricaturas líricas juanramonianas. Madrid.

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    • Works by or about Juan Ramón Jiménez at Internet Archive
    • Fundacion Casa-Museo Zenobia y Juan Ramón Jiménez
    • Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
    • Juan Ramón Jiménez on Nobelprize.org  
    • Juan Ramón Jiménez at Find a Grave  
    • Juan Ramón Jiménez at IMDb  
    • Juan Ramon Jimenez recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on May 17, 1947, Sept. 29, and Dec. 8, 1949

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translated from the existing Spanish Wikipedia article at es Juan Ramon Jimenez see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated es Juan Ramon Jimenez to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Jimenez and the second or maternal family name is Mantecon Juan Ramon Jimenez Mantecon Spanish pronunciation xwan raˈmoŋ xiˈmene8 manteˈkon a 23 December 1881 29 May 1958 was a Spanish poet a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature 1 for his lyrical poetry which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistic purity One of Jimenez s most important contributions to modern poetry was his advocacy of the concept of pure poetry Juan Ramon JimenezBornJuan Ramon Jimenez Mantecon 1881 12 23 23 December 1881Moguer Huelva Andalucia SpainDied29 May 1958 1958 05 29 aged 76 San Juan Puerto RicoOccupationpoetNationalitySpanishGenrepoetryNotable awardsNobel Prize in Literature 1956SpouseZenobia CamprubiSignature Contents 1 Biography 2 In popular culture 3 Streets named after Jimenez 4 Published works original editions 5 Published works translations 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 Bibliography 10 External linksBiography editJuan Ramon Jimenez was born in Moguer near Huelva in Andalucia on 23 December 1881 2 He was educated in the Jesuit institution of San Luis Gonzaga in El Puerto de Santa Maria near Cadiz Later he studied law and painting at the University of Seville but he soon discovered that his talents were better used for writing 3 He then dedicated himself to literature under the influence of Ruben Dario and French symbolism 3 He published his first two books at the age of eighteen in 1900 The death of his father the same year devastated him and a resulting depression led to his being sent first to France where he had an affair with his doctor s wife and then to a sanatorium in Madrid staffed by novice nuns where he lived from 1901 to 1903 He was among the contributors of the Madrid based avant garde magazine Prometeo between 1908 and 1912 4 In 1911 and 1912 he wrote many erotic poems depicting romps with numerous women in numerous locales Some of them alluded to sex with novices who were nurses Eventually apparently their mother superior discovered the activity and expelled him although it is not known whether the sexual activity described in his poems actually occurred citation needed The main subjects of many of his other poems were music and color which at times he compared to love or lust He suffered a mental breakdown and depression so he stayed hospitalised in France and Madrid 3 He celebrated his home region in his prose poem about a writer and his donkey called Platero and I 1914 In 1916 he and Spanish born writer and poet Zenobia Camprubi were married in the United States Zenobia became his indispensable companion and collaborator Upon the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he and Zenobia went into exile in Puerto Rico where he settled in 1946 Jimenez was hospitalized for eight months due to another deep depression He later became a Professor of Spanish Language and Literature at the University of Puerto Rico His literary influence on Puerto Rican writers strongly marks the works of Giannina Braschi Rene Marques Aurora de Albornoz and Manuel Ramos Otero 5 The university named a building on campus and a writing program in his honor He was also a professor at the University of Miami in Coral Gables Florida While living in Coral Gables he wrote Romances de Coral Gables In addition he was a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland which renamed Jimenez Hall for him in 1981 In 1956 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature two days later his wife died of ovarian cancer Jimenez never recovered from the emotional devastation and he died two years afterwards on 29 May 1958 in the same clinic where his wife had died Both are buried in his hometown of Moguer Spain Although he was primarily a poet Jimenez prose work Platero y yo 1917 Platero and I Platero is a donkey sold well in Latin America and in translation won him popularity in the USA He also collaborated with his wife in the translation of the Irish playwright John Millington Synge s Riders to the Sea 1920 His poetic output during his life was immense Among his better known works are Sonetos espirituales 1914 1916 1916 Spiritual Sonnets 1914 15 Piedra y cielo 1919 Stones and Sky Poesia en verso 1917 1923 1923 Poetry in Verse Poesia en prosa y verso 1932 Poetry in Prose and Verse Voces de mi copla 1945 Voices of My Song and Animal de fondo 1947 Animal at Bottom Both Jimenez and Camprubi used a simplified Spanish orthography different from the RAE standard A collection of 300 poems 1903 53 in English translation by Eloise Roach was published in 1962 nbsp Juan Ramon Jimenez depicted on the 1980 2 000 Pesetas banknoteIn popular culture editA quotation from Jimenez If they give you ruled paper write the other way is the epigraph to Ray Bradbury s novel Fahrenheit 451 1953 In 1968 the Spanish film director Alfredo Castellon adapted Jimenez s novel Platero and I into a movie by the same title The Spanglish novel Yo Yo Boing 1998 by the Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi features a scene in which poets and artists debate Jimenez s genius versus that of other Spanish language poets Francisco de Quevedo Luis de Gongora Ruben Dario Pablo Neruda Federico Garcia Lorca and Julia de Burgos 6 A rock band in Spain is named Platero y Tu after Jimenez s novelStreets named after Jimenez editSeveral streets have been named after Jimenez including one in Madrid 7 and one in Valencia 8 Published works original editions editNinfeas Water Lilies 1900 Madrid Almas de violeta Souls of Violet 1900 Madrid Rimas Rhymes 1902 Madrid Arias tristes Sad Arias 1902 Jardines lejanos Distant Gardens 1904 Elejias puras Pure Elegies 1908 Elejias intermedias Intermediate Elegies 1909 Las hojas verdes The Green Leaves 1909 Poemas magicos y dolientes Magic and Painful Poems 1909 Elejias lamentables Sad Elegies 1910 Baladas de primavera Ballads of Spring 1910 La soledad sonora The Sonorous Loneliness 1911 Pastorales Pastoral 1911 Melancolia the sonorous loneliness 1912 Laberinto Labyrinth 1913 Platero y yo Platero and I edicion reducida 1914 Estio Summer 1916 Sonetos espirituales Spiritual Sonnets 1917 Diario de un poeta recien casado Diary of a Recently Married Poet 1917 Platero y yo edicion completa Platero and I 1917 Eternidades Eternities 1918 Piedra y cielo Stone and Sky 1919 Segunda antologia poetica Second Poetic Anthology 1922 Poesia Poetry 1923 Belleza Beauty 1923 Cancion Song 1935 Voces de mi copla Voices of my Verse 1945 La estacion total The Full Season 1946 Romances de Coral Gables Romances from Coral Gables 1948 Animal de fondo Animal from the Deep 1949 Una colina meridiana A Shining Hill 1950 1 edicion en Espana Huerga amp Fierro editores 2002 Prologo y estudio preliminar de Alfonso Alegre Heitzmann La frente pensativa 1911 1912 cuatro poemas ineditos The Thoughtful Face introduccion de Jose Luis Puerto Zamora Lucerna 2001 I Am Not IPublished works translations editBooks of Love The Lost Poems of Juan Ramon Jimenez Athens Kinchafoonee Creek Press 2022 See also editSpanish poetry Modernismo Puerto Rican poetry Puerto Rican literature SonnetNotes edit In isolation Ramon is pronounced raˈmon References edit The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Juan Ramon Jimenez Mateo Perez Manuel November 10 2010 Moguer y Juan Ramon Jimenez El Mundo in Spanish Retrieved February 17 2018 a b c Juan Ramon Jimenez Biografia Instituto Cervantes in Spanish Madrid March 2016 Retrieved February 17 2018 Prometeo Madrid 1908 in Spanish Hemeroteca Digital Retrieved 7 September 2022 Elemental Creature The Times Literary Supplement in Spanish March 10 2015 Archived from the original on April 21 2016 Retrieved February 17 2018 His lyrical and philosophical work influencing Puerto Rican writers such as Manuel Ramos Otero and Rene Marques Braschi Giannina 1998 Sommer Doris ed Yo Yo Boing Latin American Literary Review Press p 205 ISBN 0 935480 97 8 Calle de Juan Ramon Jimenez Callejero net in Spanish Madrid Hispanetwork Publicidad y Servicios SL Retrieved February 17 2018 C Juan Ramon Jimenez Callejero net in Spanish Valencia Hispanetwork Publicidad y Servicios SL Retrieved February 17 2018 Bibliography editde Albornoz Aurora ed 1980 Juan Ramon Jimenez Madrid Taurus Blasco F J 1982 La Poetica de Juan Ramon Jimenez Desarrollo contexto y sistema Salamanca Campoamor Gonzalez Antonio 1976 Vida y poesia de Juan Ramon Jimenez Madrid Sedmay Campoamor Gonzalez Antonio 1982 Bibliografia general de Juan Ramon Jimenez Madrid Taurus El Cultural 14 Jun 2007 Los poemas eroticos de Juan Ramon Jimenez Aparece Libros de amor Conoce los poemas del JRJ mas lujurioso Diario de Cordoba 6 Jan 2007 Libros de amor descubre a un Juan Ramon Jimenez erotico Archived 2011 07 21 at the Wayback Machine Diez Canedo E 1944 Juan Ramon Jimenez en su obra Mexico City Guardian London 19 Jun 2007 My sex in the convent by Nobel poet Font Maria T 1973 Espacio autobiografia lirica de Juan Ramon Jimenez Madrid Guerrero Ruiz J 1961 Juan Ramon de viva voz Madrid Gullon R 1958 Conversaciones con Juan Ramon Jimenez Madrid Jensen Julio 2012 The Poetry of Juan Ramon Jimenez An Example of Modern Subjectivity Copenhagen Julia M 1989 El universo de Juan Ramon Jimenez Madrid Olson P R 1967 Circle of Paradox time and essence in the poetry of Juan Ramon Jimenez Baltimore Palau de Nemes G 1974 Vida y obra de Juan Ramon Jimenez 2 e 2 v Madrid Gredos Predmore Michael P 1966 La obra en prosa de Juan Ramon Jimenez Madrid Gredos Salgado M A 1968 El arte polifacetico de las caricaturas liricas juanramonianas Madrid External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Juan Ramon Jimenez nbsp Spanish Wikisource has original text related to this article 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