Germán Bleiberg (14 March 1915 – 31 October 1990) was a Spanish poet, playwright and translator, notable as part of the Generation of '36.^[1]

Life

Born in Madrid, where he also died, he studied at a college in Germany before gaining a license and a doctorate in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Madrid. During the Spanish Civil War he saw active service on the Republican side, winning the National Theater Prize jointly with Miguel Hernández for a now lost work in 1938. He fled to the United States after the Republicans' final defeat, becoming a professor at Notre Dame University and New York University. His works include the poetry collections "Sonetos amorosos" (1936), "Más allá de las ruinas" (1947), "La mutua primavera" (1948) and "Selección de poemas" (1975). He and Julián Marías produced the noted Diccionario de Literatura Española, republished several times.^[2]

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