Rafael Alberti was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. After flirting with a career as a painter, Alberti published his first books of poetry towards the end of the 1920s: "Marinero en tierra" ('Sailor on Dry Land', 1925), "La Amante" ('The Mistress', 1926) and "El alba del alhelí" ('The Dawn of the Wallflower', 1927). This early work fell broadly into the Cancionero tradition, though from a markedly avant-garde perspective. Wikipedia
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