Leopoldo María Panero
Leopoldo María Panero (16 June 1948 – 5 March 2014) was a Spanish poet and member of the Novísimos group. His work is included in many works of literary history, anthologies, and academic programs across Spain. Much of his work is considered autobiographical.
Leopoldo María Panero | |
|---|---|
 Panero in 2013 | |
| Born | June 16, 1948 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | March 5, 2014 (aged 65) Las Palmas, Gran Canaria |
| Nationality | Spanish |
Life
Panero was born in Madrid to poet Leopoldo Panero and Felicidad Blanc.[1][2][3] He is the brother of poet Juan Luis Panero and Michi Panero. From a young age, we was involved in anti-Francoist movements. At the age of 16 he joined the Communist Party of Spain.[4] Panero spent time in prison for his involvement with the communist party. During this period, he began using alcohol and heroin. He would attempt suicide several times while in prison.[1]
Panero studied Philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid and French Philology at the University of Barcelona.[2]
He was first admitted to a psychiatric hospital in the 70s and was later permanently admitted to the Psychiatric Hospital of St. Agatha in Mondragón.[2]
He died on March 5, 2014 at the age of 65.[2]
Bibliography
Poems and Anthologies[5]
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Narcissus in the last chord of the flutes | 1979 |
| Last River Together | 1980 |
| He who does not see | 1980 |
| Dioscuros | 1982 |
| The last man | 1984 |
| Anthology | 1985 |
| Poetry 1970–1985 | 1986 |
| Against Spain and other poems of no love | 1990 |
| Hole called Nevermore | 1968–1992 |
| Heroine and other poems | 1992 |
| Black or trembling stone | 1992 |
| Goldsmith | 1994 |
| Tensed | 1996 |
| The tarot of the anonymous unconscious | 1997 |
| Den of an animal that does not exist | 1998 |
| Abismo | 1999 |
| Lautreamont's theory of plagiarism | 1999 |
| Poems from the Mondragón asylum | 1987 |
| Suplicio en la cruz de la boca | 2000 |
| Theory of fear | 2000 |
| Complete poetry | 1970 - 2000 |
| Eagle against man: poems for a suicide | 2001 |
| You will love me when I'm dead | 2001 |
| Who am I?: notes for a poetry without an author | 2002 |
| Good news of disaster | 2002 |
| Poems from Dr. Rafael Inglot's asylum | 2002 |
| Canversation | 2003 |
| Schizophrenics or the ballad of the blue lamp | 2004 |
| Erection of the lip on the page | 2004 |
| Dance of death | 2004 |
| Poems of madness followed by The elephant man | 2005 |
| Presentation of the superman | 2005 |
| Vision | 2006 |
| Outsider, an interior art | 2007 |
| Pages of excrement or pain without pain | 2008 |
| Shadow | 2008 |
| Writing like spitting | 2008 |
| Spells against life | 2008 |
| Voices in the desert | 2008 |
| Esphera | 2009 |
| Tango | 2009 |
| La tempesta di mare | 2009 |
| Reflection | 2010 |
| Locos de altar | 2010 |
| The flower on fire | 2011 |
| Translations / Perversions | 2011 |
| Territory of fear / Territoire de la peur | 2011 |
| Songs of cold | 2011 |
| Complete poetry. 2000-2010 | 2013 |
Short stories
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| The son's place | 1976 |
| Two stories and a perversion | 1984 |
| And the light is not ours | 1993 |
| Words of a murderer | 1999 |
| Useless heroes | 2005 |
| Dad, give me your hand I'm Scared | 2007 |
| Complete Stories | 2007 |
Essays
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| My brain is a rose | 1998 |
| Proof of life. Autobiography of Death | 2002 |
References
- "Biografia de Leopoldo María Panero". www.biografiasyvidas.com. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- "Adiós a Panero: loco, enorme, extremista, creador como pocos". Leonoticias.com. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- Shulman, Aaron (2019). The Age Of Disenchantments: The Epic Story of Spain’s Most Notorious Literary Family and the Long Shadow of the Spanish Civil War. Ecco. ISBN 9780062484215.
- "Leopoldo María Panero". amediavoz.com. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
- "Biografía de Leopoldo María Panero (Su vida, historia, bio resumida)". www.buscabiografias.com. Retrieved 2023-04-15.