Germán Bleiberg (14 March 1915 – 31 October 1990) was a Spanish poet, playwright and translator, notable as part of theGeneration of '36.[1]
Born in Madrid, where he also died, he studied at a college in Germany before gaining a license and a doctorate in Philosophy and Letters from theUniversity of Madrid. During theSpanish Civil War he saw active service on the Republican side, winning theNational Theater Prize jointly withMiguel Hernández for a now lost work in 1938. He fled to the United States after the Republicans' final defeat, becoming a professor atNotre Dame University andNew York University. His works include the poetry collections "Sonetos amorosos" (1936), "Más allá de las ruinas" (1947), "La mutua primavera" (1948) and "Selección de poemas" (1975). He andJulián Marías produced the notedDiccionario de Literatura Española, republished several times.[2]
