- Carlos Barral
Carlos Barral i Agesta (1928-1989) was a Spanish poet, considered (along with
Jaime Gil de Biedma ) to be one of the greatest poets of the so-called "generation of the 1950s". He was also a member of theEuropean Parliament and an important publisher.Biography
Carlos Barral was born in
Barcelona ,Catalonia . In 1957, he joined Víctor Seix in the management of the publishing houseSeix Barral , which had been founded by his parents in 1911, and which became the most prestigious publishing house in the 1960s and thereafter. Barral also participated in the launching and management of the publishing houseBarral Editores in 1970.Barral was a senator in the
Socialists' Party of Catalonia -Spanish Socialist Workers' Party party forTarragona in 1982 and afterwards its European Parliament representative.He is best known for his two poetry books, "Metropolitano, 19 historias de mi guerra civil" ("Metropolitan, 19 Stories of My Civil War") and" Lecciones de cosas" ("Lessons of Things"), but his three volumes of
memoir s are also held in high esteem.Works
*"Metropolitano" (1957)
*"Diecinueve figuras de mi historia civil" (1961)
*"Usuras" (1965)
*"Figuración y fuga" (1966)
*"Informe personal sobre el alba" (1970)
*"Usuras y figuraciones" (1973)
*"Años de penitencia" (1975)
*"Los años sin excusa" (1978)
*"Catalunya des del mar" (1982)
*"Catalunya a vol d'ocell" (1985)
*"Lecciones de cosas: Veinte poemas para el nieto Malcolm" (1986)
*"Cuando las horas veloces" (1988)
*"Antología poética" (1989)
*"Los diarios" (1993, published posthumously)External links
* [http://amediavoz.com/barral.htm Poems from Carlos Barral]
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