The Spanish Civil War Spanish literature

the spanish civil war, lasting july 1936 april 1939, had devastating impact on trajectory of spanish letters. in july 1936, spain @ height of silver age. every major writer of 3 major generations—1898, 1914, , 1927—was still alive , productive. of 1914 , 1927 @ height or reaching height of literary powers. several recognized among western civilization s talented , influential writers. april 1939, miguel de unamuno, antonio machado, , federico garcía lorca, among others, dead. small handful of remaining writers had fled exile, dispersed across length of american continent, never enjoy close associations of conferences, tertulias, , theater premiers had united them in pre-war madrid.

among handful of civil war poets , writers, miguel hernández stands out. young disciple , associate of generation of 1898, hernández, lorca, became martyr republican cause time post-war prisoner, fighting , writing soldier poet throughout war , languishing , dying in 1 of franco s prisons in 1942. among important works, perito en lunas (1933) pre-war surrealist days , viento del pueblo (1937), evidence of work of soldier-poet, stand out.