Best Known as:Spanish poet opposed to Franco dictatorship
Spanish poet and member of the literary generation opposed to the
dictatorship of Francisco Franco, who wrote about issues of freedom and
solidarity. As a member of the Spanish Royal Academy he was an advocate of
preserving the Spanish language and won the Asturias Prize for Letters in
1985. Gonzalez eventually left Spain during the Franco Regime. He accepted
a teaching position at the University of New Mexico in 1970, though he
traveled back to Spain often.
