José Ortega Torres - biography, career, poetry
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José Ortega Torres is a poet born in Granada, Spain; he is a known author in the Andalusian poetic scene. A contemporary of the Novísimos poetic movement, his work follows more traditional forms (rhyme, sonnet), with a marked rhythm and deliberate word choice that bring to mind the classical Mediterranean tradition. His biography sheds light on the local history of poetry in the city of Granada.
Biography
José Ortega Torres majored in Romance Philology at the University of Granada between 1966 and 1969 and in 1971 read his dissertation "Aproximación a la poesía de Rafael Guillén" (Approach to the poetry of Rafael Guillén), under the supervision of Professor Emilio Orozco Díaz. In 1975 he founded with poets José Lupiáñez (La Línea de la Concepción) and José Gutiérrez (Granada) the Silene literary collection, which has published since then works by many local poets (among others, Juan de Loxa, José Rienda, Elena Martín Vivaldi and Carmelo Sánchez Muros). He obtained his Ph.D. in Spanish Philology in 1971 with the work "La poesía de Rafael Guillén: lengua, temas y estilo" (Rafael Guillén’s Poetry - Language, Subjects and Style).
He currently (2007) teaches Spanish Literature at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Granada.
José Ortega Torres uses the anagram Narzeo Antino.
Quotes
Aynadamar el recinto
del amor. Y tu presencia
claro fulgor: inminencia
alza el afán nunca extinto.
Conjunto de laberinto
entreteje la colina
(sabio secreto de mina
tanta riqueza procura).
Huésped tú de la hermosura
donde la ofrenda culmina.
’Diamante’, Granada, 1978, p. 34.
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