Antonio Gamoneda
Antonio Gamoneda was born in Oviedo in 1931. At the age of four, he moved to León, a city he has never left and where he directs the Sierra-Pambley Foundation, created in 1887 by Francisco Giner de los Ríos. A self-taught man, he began his poetry career with Otra más alta vida (Another Higher Life ), a book written by his father.
Of his extensive literary career, which began in 1960, two fundamental books stand out: Edad (1987), which compiles all his poetry up to that point and earned him the 1988 National Poetry Prize, and the anthology Libro del frío , which established him as one of the most important poets writing in Spanish. Other titles that complete his bibliography include Sublevación inmóvil (1966), Descripción de la mentira (1977), León en la mirada (1979), Blues castellano (1982), and Lápidas (1987). His interest in art has led him to publish several monographic studies of sculptors, such as José Luis Sánchez (1981) and Julio Hernández (1981), and of painters, such as Francisco Echanz (1978) and Juan Barjola (1980).
In addition to the National Poetry Prize and the Medalla de Oro From the CBA, his work as a writer has been recognized with awards such as the Castilla y León Prize for Literature in 1985, the Reina Sofía Prize for Ibero-American Poetry or the Cervantes Prize in 2006.
Acceptance speech of the Medalla de Oro from the CBA published in Minerva magazine
Interview with Antonio Gamoneda in Minerva magazine
Words for Gamoneda in Minerva magazine
Listen to Gamoneda's speech during the award ceremony: thank you speech and reading of poems.