Antonio Oliver

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Antonio Oliver Belmás (1903–1968) was a Spanish writer, poet, critic, and art historian, and he also worked as a telegraphist. He married the poet Carmen Conde in 1931. They were part of the Generation of ’27, an avant-garde group. The couple helped create the Universidad Popular de Cartagena to educate workers for the Republican government. In the Spanish Civil War he joined the Republican army and worked on the Popular Front Radio. After the war he taught Latin American literature at the University of Madrid. In 1962 Nicaragua’s state university awarded him an honorary degree for his work on Rubén Darío. He died in 1968. The Antonio Oliver Belmás International Poetry Award is named in his honor.