10 Facts About Antonio Gamoneda

Antonio Gamoneda Lobon was born on 30 May 1931 and is a Spanish poet, winner of the Cervantes Prize in 2006.

Antonio Gamoneda was born in Oviedo, Asturias, on 30 May 1931.

Antonio Gamoneda's father, named Antonio, was a modernist poet who published only one book, Otra mas alta vida in 1919.

Antonio Gamoneda completed his pre-university studies on his own and remained in the condition of bank employee for twenty-four years until 1969.

Antonio Gamoneda published his first book in 1960, Sublevacion inmovil, a work that was a runner-up for the Adonais prize.

Antonio Gamoneda was deprived of his official status, and subsequently readmitted, by court order.

Antonio Gamoneda has been awarded the Gold Medal of the city of Pau, the Silver Medal of Asturias, the "Lete" Gold Medal of the Province of Leon and the Gold Medal of the Circulo de Bellas Artes.

Antonio Gamoneda is Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Leon.

The poetry of Antonio Gamoneda has the nakedness of existence.

Antonio Gamoneda's glace is constrained to an obsessive nucleus, that drives it centripetally towards what the poet calls internalization.