Reading Manuel Altolaguirre

The Poetry Clubs of Instituto Cervantes Mancehster and Leeds continue this October by reading the Spanish poet Manuel Altolaguirre, another prominent figure of the Generation of 27’. A poet, printer and film producer who, from a very young age, worked in the publishing sector and took part in literary magazines such as Ambos, Litoral, Poesía or Caballo verde para la poesía. In the mid-1930s, together with his wife, poet Concha Méndez, he settled in London and worked with the bilingual magazine 1616. Exiled to Mexico after the Spanish Civil War, he continued to develop his poetry alongside his publishing work.