THE LAST OF GENERATION 27

spanish writer francisco ayala and generation 27

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FRANCISCO AYALA,THE LAST OF GENERATION 27 OF SPAIN,GENERACION DEL 1927* IS GONE AT AGE 103.

b.MARCH 16,1906,GRANADA

d.NOVEMBER 3,2009,MADRID

AYALA GRADUATED FROM LAW SCHOOL,UNIVERSITY OF MADRID,1929.AND LATER ACQUIRED A DOCTORATE DEGREE AT LAW.

AFTER EXECUTION OF HIS FATHER AND BROTHER BY FRANCO,HE WENT INTO EXILE LIKE SOME OTHER MEMBERS OF GENERATION 27,SUCH AS:

JORGE GUILLEN,PEDRO SALINAS,RAFAEL ALBERTI,LUIS CERNUDA,ROSA CHACEL,MARIO ZAMBRANO.BY THAT TIME IN SPANISH CIVIL WAR,FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF GENERATION 27,FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA WAS EXECUTED AND MIGUEL HERNANDEZ WAS IN PRISON,AMONG OTHERS.

THE GENERATION 27 WITH THESE AND POETS LIKE VICENTE ALEIXANDRE,MANUEL ALTOLAGUIRRE,DAMASCO ALONSO,GERARDO DIEGO,JOSE BERGAMINE,EMILIO PRADOS,LEON FELIPPE CONTINUED TO ENRICH THEIR HERITAGE ,ACCOMPANIED BY FOREIN POETS AND WRITERS LIKE PABLO NERUDA AND VINCENTE HUIDOBRO OF CHILE,AS WELL AS JUAN RODOLFO,AND OTHER ARTISTS LIKE PICASO,DALI AND BUNUEL,AND POET-TORERO IGNACIO SANCHEZ MEJIAS, SHARED THEIR VIEWS.

SOME OF AYALA,S MAJOR WORKS ARE:

TRGICOMEDY OF A MAN WITHOUT SPIRIT,1925

BOXER AND ANGEL,1929,SHORT STORIES

DEATH AS A WAY OF LIFE,1958

BOTOM OF THE GLASS,1962

FRANCISCO AYALA 'S WORKS WERE CALLED"A MASTERPIECE OF SPANISH LITERATURE"BY JORGE LUIS BORGES,AND ALSO COMPARED TO PICASO'S PAINTING,GUERNICA.HE RETURNED HOME AFTER DEATH OF FRANCO IN 1975,FROM LIVING IN ARGENTINA,BRAZIL,PUERTO RICO AND UNITED STATES.HE WAS ELECTED TO THE SPANISH LANGUAGE ACDEMY AND WON AWARDS LIKE PRINCE ATURIAS IN LITERATURE.AYALA NEVER LET HIS PSIMISTIC VIEWS FADE AWAY,ALTHOUGH AT TIME MIXED THEM WITH SATIRE.HE USED WORDS LIKE BARBARITY AND BESTIALITY TO DEFINE PRESENT CONDITIONS.

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*GENERATION 27 DERIVED THEIR NAME FROM THE YEAR 1927,WHEN THEY PUBLISHED COMMEMORATIVE EDITIONS OF POETRY OF LUIS GONGORA (1561-1627)ON THE OCCASION OF TERCENTENARY OF THE CORDOBA POET'S DEATH.