Hernández, Miguel (1910–1942)

Spanish poet. He showed an astonishing gift for imitating poetic movements of the 1930s, for example in Perito en lunas 1933, and the love sonnet of the 17th century, in El rayo que no cesa 1936. His conversion to communism produced vigorous prorepublican war poetry, Viento del pueblo 1937, and a number of socially oriented plays. He was arrested 1939 and imprisoned for his activities during the Civil War, producing some of his finest poems in wretched circumstances; these were later collected in Romancero de ausencias.

He was born in Orihuela, near Murcia. Originally a shepherd, he educated himself to read the classics of Spanish literature.