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Famous Poets: Miguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (September 29, 1864 – December 31, 1936) was a Spanish writer and philosopher.

Introduction

Unamuno worked in all major genres: essays, novels, poetry, and theater, and, as a modernist, contributed greatly to dissolving the boundaries between genres and creating new ones. There is some debate as to whether Unamuno was in fact a member of the Generation of '98 (an ex post facto literary group of Spanish intellectuals and philosophers which was the creation of José Martínez Ruiz--a group that includes Antonio Machado, Azorín , Pío Baroja, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Maetzu and Ganivet, among others). His philosophy also foreshadowed the thinking of 20th century existentialists, such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus.