by Ricardo Gullón · Leonesas · tapa dura · ISBN 9788480125895
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«Cisne sin lago» is the biography by Ricardo Gullón of Enrique Gil y Carrasco, published by Leonesas in 2007 in hardcover (182 pages, in Spanish).
The title borrows words from Enrique Gil y Carrasco, a writer of Spanish Romanticism whom Ricardo Gullón portrays as a dramatic and nuanced character; the book highlights the richness and versatility of his literary output.
This edition belongs to the Biblioteca Leonesa de Escritores collection.
For those seeking to approach Spanish Romanticism through the portrait of one of its literary figures.
Ricardo Gullón Fernández was a Spanish writer, essayist and literary critic. He was born in Astorga, Leon, where he received his primary education. He went to secondary school in France, and studied law at the University of Madrid. He developed a strong friendship with the writer Juan Ramón Jiménez. In 1935, he published his first book Fin de semana. He was imprisoned by the Nationalist forces for collaborating with the republican forces during the Spanish Civil War. He was released with the help of Luis Rosales and Luis Felipe Vivanco. In 1953, he travelled to Puerto Rico to visit his exiled friend Juan Ramón Jiménez and remained there for three years.
