Poetry
En once años, poesías de juventud
Not translated into English
Dionisio Ridruejo · 1950
Synopsis
The youthful poems the author wrote from 1935 to 1945, gathered in one volume: a decade of books, from his beginnings. In them he cultivates classical stanzas, and above all the sonnet, of which he was a master, in a clear language of great formal serenity, in the manner of Garcilaso. Love, nature, religious and patriotic feeling, art and literature are their subjects, and the pieces of the forties often take on a religious tone.
Context
The volume appeared in 1950 from the Editora Nacional under the title En once años. Poesías completas de juventud, which brings together ten years of poems beginning in 1935, and was awarded the national prize the same year. It belongs to what Dámaso Alonso called rooted poetry, faithful to classical forms when others were breaking away from them. Hasta la fecha then gathered, in 1961, his complete poems from 1934 to 1959, and the first volume has remained untranslated.
Who it is for
Sonnets and poems in regular form, in clear language; none has been translated into French.
Prizes and reception
National Literature Prize in 1950; the book gathers the author's early poetic work.