José García Nieto

José García Nieto (Oviedo, 6 July 1914 – Madrid, 27 February 2001), was a Spanish poet and writer. In 1996, he was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize. Along with Gabriel Celaya, Blas de Otero and José Hierro, he was a member of the post-war generation of Spanish poets.

Biography

José García Nieto, was born in Oviedo, on 6 July 1914, at 8, la calle Portugalete (now, 6 Melquíades Álvarez). His parents were José García Lueso and María de La Encarnación Nieto Fernández.

In 1950, he won the Premio Adonais for Dama de soledad; in 1955 he won the Premio Fastenrath awarded by the Real Academia Española for Geografía es amor.

In 1951 and 1957, he won the Premio Nacional de Literatura de España; in 1980 he won the Premio Mariano de Cavia.

In 1987 he won Premio González-Ruano. In 1996 he won the Cervantes Prize.

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