Antonio Oliver (Cartagena, 29 January 1903 - 28 July 1968) was a Spanish

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and

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of Spanish art. He was also a part of the

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, a group of artists and poets that specialized in the

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, and was married to

Carmen Conde Carmen Conde Abellán (15 August 1907 – 8 January 1996) was a Spanish poet, narrative writer and teacher. In 1931 she founded the first Popular University of Cartagena, along with her husband Antonio Oliver Belmás. She was also the first wom ...

, also a poet, a writer and the first woman to access the

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Work

*''Mast'', 1925 *''Saved Crying'' *''Andrew Knight Talks'' *''Book of Loas'', 1947 *''From Cervantes to Poetry'', 1944 *''Don Luis de Gongora'', 1963 *''Life and Work of Lope de Vega'' *''Garcilaso de la Vega'', 1965 *''Garcilaso, Captain and Poet'' *''Dying but no fear'' *''This other Rubén Darío'' *''1900-1950. Half a Century of Artists Murcianos'', 1952 Spanish literary critics 20th-century Spanish historians 1903 births 1968 deaths 20th-century Spanish poets Spanish male poets Writers from Cartagena, Spain 20th-century Spanish male writers {{Spain-bio-stub