by Luis Cernuda · Ediciones F.C.E · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437500195
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La realidad y el deseo is a compilation of poems by the Spanish author Luis Cernuda, spanning from his early works in 1924 to 1962. This book is considered one of the most important works of contemporary Spanish poetry. In it, Cernuda explores themes such as love, desire, loneliness, and exile, with a personal style and deep sensitivity. The work reflects the evolution of the poet throughout his life, from his avant-garde beginnings to his maturity as one of the great poets of the 20th century.
Luis Cernuda Bidón was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. During the Spanish Civil War, in early 1938, he went to the UK to deliver some lectures and this became the start of an exile that lasted till the end of his life. He taught in the universities of Glasgow and Cambridge before moving in 1947 to the US. In the 1950s he moved to Mexico. While he continued to write poetry, he also published wide-ranging books of critical essays, covering French, English and German as well as Spanish literature. He was frank about his homosexuality at a time when this was problematic and became something of a role model for this in Spain. His collected poems were published under the title La realidad y el deseo.
