Javier de Bengoechea, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Javier de Bengoechea

Spanish poet

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1919

Place of Birth: Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

Date of Death: 12-Apr-2009

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Javier de Bengoechea (20 August 1919 – 12 April 2009) was a Spanish poet.
He was born in Bilbao, Spain.
He won the Adonais Prize in 1955 with Hombre en forma de elegía (Man in the Form of an Elegy).
Other works of the author are Habitada claridad (Clear Habitat, 1951), Fiesta nacional (Public Holiday, 1951) and Pinturas y escrituras (Painting and Writings, 1994).