José Manuel Caballero Bonald (November 11, 1926 – May 9, 2021) was a Spanish novelist, lecturer and poet.

Early life

Caballero was born in Calle Caballeros, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. His father was Plácido Caballero, a Cuban whose mother was of European descent and whose father was from Cantabria. His mother was Julia Bonald, a descendant of Viscount Louis Gabriel Ambroise de Bonald, a traditional French philosopher who settled in Andalucia in the middle of the 19th century.

Bibliography

  • Mendigo (Beggar) (1950)
  • Las Adivinaciones (The Prophecies)
  • Memorias de Poco Tiempo (Memories of a Little While) (1954)
  • Anteo (1956)
  • Las Horas Muertas (The Dead Hours) (1959)
  • El Papel del Coro (The Choir's Role) (1961)
  • Dos Días de Setiembre (Two September Days)
  • Pliegos de Cordel (Sheets of String) (1963)
  • Narrativa Cubana de la Revolución (Cuban Narrative of the Revolution) (1968)
  • Vivir para Contarlo (Live to Tell It) (1969)
  • Archivo del Cante Flamenco (File of a Flamenco Singer) (1969)
  • Ágata Ojo de Gato (Agatha Cat's Eyes) (1974)
  • Luces y Sombras del Flamenco (Lights and Shades of Flamenco) (1975)
  • Descrédito del Héroe (The Discrediting of a Hero) (1977)
  • Poesía, 1951-1977 (1977)
  • Breviario del Vino (Wine Breviary) (1980)
  • Toda la Noche Oyeron pasar Pájaros (They Heard Birds Passing By All Night) (1981)
  • Anthology of Góngora's poems (1982)
  • Selección Natural (Natural Selection) (1983)
  • Laberinto de Fortuna (Maze of Fortune) (1983)
  • Los Personajes de Fajardo (The Fajardo Characters) (1986)
  • De la Sierra al Mar de Cádiz (From the Mountain Range to the Cadiz Sea) (1988)
  • En La Casa del Padre (In the Father's House) (1988)
  • Doble Vida (Double Life) (1989)
  • Andalucía (1989)
  • Sevilla en Tiempos de Cervantes (Seville at the Time of Cervantes) (1992)
  • Campo de Agramante (The Agramante Field) (1993)
  • Tiempo de Guerras Perdidas (Time of Lost Wars) (1995)
  • El Imposible Oficio de Escribir (The Impossible Profession of Writing) (1997)
  • Diario de Argónida (1997)
  • Poesía Amatoria (1999)
  • Copias del Natural (Copies of the Natural) (1999)
  • La Costumbre de Vivir (The Custom of Living) (2001)
  • Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) (2002)
  • A study on José de Espronceda (2002)
  • 250 programs of the documentary series Andalucía de Cine (2003) directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and produced by Juan Lebrón, for the Andalusian Radio and Television.
  • Somos el Tiempo que nos Queda (We are the Time We Have Left) (complete works, 2004)

Acclaim

  • Platero Poetry Award - Mendigo (1950)
  • Adonais Prize for Poetry (runner-up) - Las Adivinaciones (1951)
  • Boscán Award - Las Horas Muertas (1959)
  • Critics' Prize - Las Horas Muertas (1959)
  • Spanish Literature National Prize (2005)

References