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Juan Ramón Jiménez
1881–1958
A Nobel Prize–winning Spanish poet, he shaped modern lyric poetry with a search for clarity, musical language, and emotional depth. He is also widely loved for Platero and I, his tender, poetic portrait of Andalusian life.
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Platero y yo
by Juan Ramón Jiménez
Platero y yo
by Juan Ramón Jiménez
About the author
Born in Moguer, Spain, in 1881, Juan Ramón Jiménez became one of the central figures of modern Spanish poetry. Early in his career he was encouraged by Rubén Darío, and over time he developed a style often linked to the idea of "pure poetry"—stripped down, musical, and intensely attentive to beauty, feeling, and the inner life.
His work changed across the decades, but it remained remarkably focused on language and perception. Alongside his many poetry collections, he wrote Platero and I, a lyrical prose work that became one of his best-known books. In 1956, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the artistic purity and spiritual intensity of his poetry.
The Spanish Civil War forced him into exile, and he later lived in places including the United States and Puerto Rico. He died in Puerto Rico in 1958, leaving behind a vast body of work that influenced generations of Spanish-language writers.