Birth: 1902-09-21
, Sevilha
Death: 1963-11-05
, Cidade do México
Luis Cernuda was a Spanish poet, a central figure of the Generation of '27. His work, marked by a profound melancholy and an incessant search for an ideal love and a full reality, explores themes such as desire, solitude, rebellion, and beauty. Cernuda lived much of his life in exile, which intensified his reflection on identity, homeland, and displacement.