The Cordoban writer Leopoldo de Luis is considered one of the most important social poets of the Spanish post-war period. Born in 1918, he spent his childhood in Valladolid until, at the age of seventeen, he moved to Madrid. Since 1937, his lyrical output comprises more than thirty titles, among which stand out Romance , Alba del Hijo (1946), Huésped de un tiempo sombrío (1948), Juego limpio (1957), La luz a nuestro lado (1964), Igual que guantes grises (1979), Una muchacha mueve la cortina (1983), and Del miedo y la miseria (1985), among others.

A contributor to literary journals such as Espadaña , Cántico , Ínsula , Papeles de Son Armadans , Poesía española , and Revista de Occidente , this poet, anthropologist, and essayist is also renowned for his work in literary criticism. Author of, among other titles, Antonio Machado, ejemplo y lección (1975) and Vida y obra de Vicente Aleixandre (1978), Luis de la Torre received numerous awards, including the Ausias March Prize in 1968, the National Literature Prize in 1979, and the National Prize for Spanish Literature in 2003. He died in Madrid in November 2005.