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Rafael Alberti

Born

in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain

December 16, 1902

Died

October 28, 1999

Genre

Poetry

Influences

Luis de Góngora, Antonio Machado, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Gerardo Dieg ...more

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Rafael Alberti Merello (December 16, 1902 - October 28, 1999) was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. Alberti published his first books of poetry towards the end of the 1920s: Marinero en tierra ('Sailor on Dry Land', 1925), La Amante ('The Mistress', 1926) and El alba del alhelí ('The Dawn of the Wallflower', 1927). This early work fell broadly into the Cancionero tradition, though from a markedly avant-garde perspective.

After falling in with the other members of the Generation of '27, Alberti began to show the profound influence of Luis de Góngora on his work, most obviously in Cal y canto ('Quicklime and Plainsong', 1929). It was, however, the introspective surrealism of Sobre los ángeles ('Concerning the Angels', 1929), w ...more

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	Marinero en tierra 3.67 avg rating — 787 ratings — published 1925 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Concerning the Angels by Rafael Alberti, Christopher Sawyer-Laucanno (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1928 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La arboleda perdida 3.86 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1975 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sobre los ángeles / Yo era un tonto y lo que he visto me ha hecho dos tontos 3.86 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1929 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vivir poco y llorando 3.31 avg rating — 112 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Painting by Rafael Alberti, Carolyn L. Tipton (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1948 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marinero en tierra. La amante. El alba del alhelí by Rafael Alberti, Robert Marrast (Edición) 3.63 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noche de guerra en el museo del Prado 3.34 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1956	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poemas esenciales 3.60 avg rating — 55 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Roma, peligro para caminantes 3.78 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“أصغوا إليّ

لم أكن أعرف أن الأبواب تغيّر موضعها،
و الأرواح بإمكانها أن تخجل من أجسادها،
والضوء يحمل الموت في نهاية النفق”
― Rafael Alberti, Concerning the Angels

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“NOTICIARIO DE UN COLEGIAL MELANCÓLICO
NOMINATIVO: la nieve
GENITIVO: de la nieve
DATIVO: a o para la nieve
ACUSATIVO: a la nieve
VOCATIVO: ¡oh la nieve!
ABLATIVO: con la nieve
de la nieve
en la nieve
por la nieve
sin la nieve
sobre la nieve
tras la nieve
La luna tras la nieve
Y estos pronombres personales extraviados por el río
y esta conjugación tristísima perdida entre los árboles
BUSTER KEATON”
― Rafael Alberti, Sobre los ángeles / Yo era un tonto y lo que he visto me ha hecho dos tontos

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“أيتها الأنوار! أدركيني!

فقد انهزمت أنا
بلا عنف
بالعسل والكلمات”
― Rafael Alberti, Concerning the Angels

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