Juan Ramón Jiménez

Platero y yo is a lyrical prose work about a small donkey named Platero and life around Moguer in Andalusia. It was first published in 1914 and became one of the best-known Spanish literary works of the 20th century.

Juan Ramon Jimenez won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature. The award recognized his lyrical poetry, especially its purity of language and spiritual intensity.

Yes. After the Spanish Civil War, he lived in exile, including time in the United States and Puerto Rico. He died in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1958.

Jimenez sought a stripped-down, musical poetry focused on essence rather than ornament. That idea influenced later Spanish-language poets, including members of the Generation of 1927.