Juan Ramón Jiménez

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Born	December 24, 1881 • Spain
Died	May 29, 1958 (aged 76) • San Juan • Puerto Rico
Awards And Honors	Nobel Prize (1956)
Notable Works	“Diario de un poeta y mar” • “Platero and I”
Movement / Style	Modernismo

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