Selected Writings

by Juan Ramón Jiménez, Eugenio Florit (Editor), H.R. Hays (Translator)

Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso

Genres: Poetry, Nobel Prize, Spain, Spanish Literature, Classics

300 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Platero y Yo (1914) ranks as most famous work of Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, who introduced modernism to Spanish verse and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1956.

He won this prize "for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity."

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ram...

Reviews

[Edita · Rating 3 out of 5]

From the balcony, open to the misty starlight,
A sad wind came, from invisible worlds …
And she, she asked me about things unknowable
And I answered her with unattainable things.
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Memory, blind, buzzing bee of bitterness-
Not knowing what you were, I know that you have been.

[Mira · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am so excited to discover another master of the written word! I had gotten to the point in my reading where I sort of felt like I'd at least heard of all the greats, so it's nice to be proven wrong. His work is must-read, and too great to be distilled here. :)

[Jazzy Lemon · Rating 5 out of 5]

He paints pictures with words. Delicate, heart-rendering words.

[Kraig Grady · Rating 4 out of 5]

When i moved to Australia, i traded in allot of books, but often grabbed new ones in the process. the case with this book which unfortunately does not contain the originals so perhaps i cannot say anything about it. i still was quite taken, and it has been one of the things that has reminded me that as all these new frontiers are constantly being defined, and/or the trivial masquerades as such, (academics ones being the most pitiful) there often is a cost as to what then becomes lost.

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All of the west is lemon yellow.

[Camila Gil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Durante la semana de la muerte de mi abuelo, mi prima se quedó en casa de mi abuela acompañándola y encontró este libro en un estado descuidado, viejo y con una hermosa dedicatoria.

"Tengo la firme esperanza de que su lectura constituya un lazo de acercamiento entre nuestras almas ya que se quieren tanto"

Un libro que mi abuelo le dedico a mi abuela hace muchos años. Un libro que representa mucho para mi y mi familia. Un libro que no es mas que uno de los riegos que hizo crecer la semilla del amor del cual provengo.

[Lisajean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Juan Ramón Jiménez won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956 "for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity."

Jiménez is the 54th Nobel laureate I've read, and this book was an excellent introduction to his writing. I actually didn't love the poetry, but of course that might just be the fault of the translation. His prose read like poetry, and I especially appreciated "Platero y yo."