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Juan Antonio Villacañas
Juan Antonio Villacañas (born 1922 in Toledo; died August 21, 2001) was a Spanish poet, essayist and critic. In 2015, he was named distinguished son ("hijo predilecto") of the city of Toledo.
Biography.
Born in Toledo in 1922, the Civil War cut short his secondary education. Obligatory military service was carried out in places as different as Melilla and the Pyrenean Valley of Arán. In the former, he was placed in charge of the reorganisation of the
El Dante, en Toledo, de Juan Antonio Villacañas”, por Enrique Domínguez Millán, Revista de Libros, Radio Nacional de España, Radio 3, 22–28 March.
- 1985, “Entrevista a Juan Antonio Villacañas”, por José Hierro, Aula Poética, Radio Nacional de España, 24 March.
External links.
- Personal web page
- La Poesía de Juan Antonio Villacañas: Argumento de una Biografía
- Selected poems
- Artes poéticas de Juan Antonio Villacañas
- Bilingual edition: "Juan