Alcune note su Jorge Guillén in Italia

This essay aims to analyse the period of exile spent by Jorge Guillén in Italy to highlight how this country acquires importance in his life and in his work. However, in this context, the purpose is not to investigate the theme of the poet’s Italian acquaintances, a topic already extensively studied by others, but to highlight two new aspects. The first is to examine the relation that Guillén resumes with some Spanish exiles in Italy and, specifically, with Ramón Gaya and María Zambrano, whom he had known in his youth and whom he meets again in Rome. The second is to underline the presence of themes linked to Italy in Guillén's poetry and to focus on the texts inspired by the most striking features of the Italian landscape.