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Juan Antonio Villacañas (born 1922 in Toledo; died August 21, 2001) was a Spanish poet, essayist and critic. ==Biography== Born in Toledo in 1922, the Civil War cut short his secondary education. Obligatory military service was carried out in places so different as Melilla and the Pyrenean Valley of Arán. In the former, he was placed in charge of the reorganisation of the Military Club library and he took advantage of the opportunity to develop an intense autodidactic process, reading avidly and widely. On returning to Toledo, he was employed by the Town Council where he was later to take charge of the area of Art and Culture, a post he held for many years. His book of poetry ''Los Sapos'' (1968) is an indictment of power and its abuses, where a Town Council is at the same time a reality and a metaphor of such power. In 1956, he was invited by the Belgian Academy of French language and literature to the III Bienale Internationale de Poésie de Knokke-le-Zoute (Belgium). His close friendship with the Hispanicist and poet Edmond Vandercammen dates from this period. The latter reviewed his ''Conjugación Poética del Greco'' in Le Journal des Poètes (1959) and translated several of Juan Antonio’s poems into French, all appearing in the said Journal (1972). Following his stay in Belgium, he was interviewed at the UNESCO in Paris where his voice was recorded for a special broadcast for Spanish America. From the 1950s onwards, the work of Juan Antonio Villacañas begins to appear in both national and international poetry anthologies. At the same time, extracts from his poetic and critical works was to appear in different journals and newspapers. Villacañas lived in Toledo throughout his life, remaining independent of groups and literary trends and following his own poetic and personal course. Such personal and artistic independence was to bring the toll of silence and neglect from the established groups and critical trends from the 1980s onwards. However, from 2001 onwards, the number of poets and critics, both Spanish and foreign, that admire Villacañas' work increases. This revival, coming after the break of these decades of the twentieth century, shows once again, the importance of Juan Antonio Villacañas. Relevant in this respect are the appreciations of such poets and critics as Emilio Porta,〔“With time, justice will be done to one of the best poets of the twentieth century, Juan Antonio Villacañas. His poetic works are very notable for the richness of themes and for the complexity they display, and they have been collected in an extraordinary book, edited and selected by another great poet, Beatriz Villacañas, Juan Antonio's daughter. Beatriz has made an excellent and thorough job full of love and knowledge towards the poetic works of her father. It is a book that should be read by everyone who loves real Literature.” Porta, Emilio, “''La Poesía de Juan Antonio Villacañas: Argumento de una Biografía-Obra Poética 1960-1984”, Mirador. Revista de la Asociación de Escritores y Artistas Españoles''. Nº 8, Marzo, 2004.〕 Pablo Luque Pinilla,〔Pablo Luque Pinilla, “Entrevista a Beatriz Villacañas, hija del poeta Juan Antonio Villacañas” (Interview to Beatriz Villacañas, daughter of the poet Juan Antonio Villacañas), 7 de Febrero de 2011.〕 Roberto Carlos Hernández Ferro,〔Hernández Ferro, R.C. 2004, “ Juan Antonio Villacañas, su obra en México”. ''El Sol de México''. Wednesday, 11 August.〕 Enrique Gracia〔Enrique Gracia: http://poetasenvivo.blogspot.com.es/2009/03/juan-antonio-villacanas-poeta.html〕 and Michael Smith.〔Michael Smith: translator into English, together with Beatriz Villacañas, of ''Juan Antonio Villacañas: Selected Poems'', Shearsman Books, LTD. Reino Unido, 2009.〕 In 2010, the annual book fair of Toledo was dedicated to Juan Antonio Villacañas.The opening speech was said by his daughter, Beatriz Villacañas 〔Carlos Muñoz, 9 May 2010, “La Feria del Libro rinde culto al poeta Juan Antonio Villacañas” (Book Fair pays tribute to the poet Juan Antonio Villacañas), ''El Día de Toledo''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juan Antonio Villacañas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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