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About Luis Felipe Vivanco
- Luis Felipe Vivanco (22 August 1907 in San Lorenzo de El Escorial – 21 November 1975 in Madrid) was a Spanish architect and poet.
- He was the son of a judge whose peripatetic career took him to different corners of Spain during his childhood.
- In 1915 the family settled in Madrid, where Vivanco spent the majority of his life.
- He studied architecture at university, where he also composed poetry.
- His friendship with Rafael Alberti and Xavier Zubiri also dates from this period.
- He finished his architecture course in 1932.
- His acquaintances also included Luis Rosales and Pablo Neruda. He spent a long time recovering from illness in the Sierra de Guadarrama.
- He published his first works in the journal Cruz y Raya run by his uncle José BergamÃn.
- At the same time, he was also working as an architect with another uncle Rafael BergamÃn.
- When the Spanish Civil War broke out, he decided in favour of the Nationalists and wrote propaganda poetry.
- He wrote in the journal Escorial with Luis Rosales, Leopoldo Panero, etc.
- They were all considered part of the Generation of '36.
- In Escorial, he wrote poetry described as intimate, realist and meditative.
- Also in his work, nature acquires a transcendental quality akin to religious experience.
- Among his other themes are the family and daily life.
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