Inspirational Quotes by Juan Ramon Jimenez (Spanish Lyric Poet)

Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881–1958,) fully Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón, was a Spanish lyric poet and winner of the 1956 Nobel Prize in literature. His autobiographical prose poem of the young writer’s relationship with his donkey, Platero y yo (1914; Platero and I, 1956,) is one of the classics of modern Spanish literature.

Born in Moguer, Huelva, Jiménez studied briefly at the University of Salamanca. Abandoning his law studies, he settled in Madrid. His early poetry, which echoed that of Paul Verlaine, includes Almas de Violeta (1900, ‘Violet Souls,’) Arias Tristes (1903, ‘Sad Arias,’) and Jardines lejano (1905, ‘Far-off Gardens.’) He also wrote Sonetos espirituales (1916, ‘Spiritual Sonnets’) and El silencio de oro (1922, ‘The Silence of Gold.’)

In 1936, Jiménez left Spain because of the civil war and settled in Florida, where he emerged as a significant poet. Among his better-known works 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.’) An anthology of 300 poems (1903–53) in English translation by Eloise Roach was published in 1962.

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