Francisco Brines

Background

He was born in Oliva, Valencia.

Education

University of Valencia.

Career

He is regarded as one of the 50s Generation of Spanish poets, along with Claudio Rodríguez, Jaime Gil de Biedma and Ángel González. His poetry collections include: Las brasas (1960), Palabras a la oscuridad (1966), Aún no (1971), Insistencias en Luzbel (1977), El otoño de las rosas (1986) and Louisiana última costa (1995). His collected poems Ensayo de una despedida were published in 1997.

He was elected to the seat vacated by Antonio Buero Vallejo.

He has taught Spanish literature at Oxford University and Cambridge University. He lives in his native Oliva, Valencia.

Achievements

He has won numerous prizes including the Crítica Prize (1966), the National Poetry Prize (1986), the Federico García Lorca Prize (2007) and the Premio Reina Sofía de Poesia Iberoamericana (2011). He won the prestigious Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas in 1999.

Membership

Real Academia Española]

Since 2001, he has been a member of the Royal Spanish Academy.

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