![]() ![]() He received his doctorate in philosophy in 1904 with a thesis on The terrors of the year one thousand he furthered his studies in Germany where he was influenced by neo-Kantianism. He studied at the universities of Deusto and Central in Madrid. Ortega was born into a family of the high bourgeoisie of Madrid. Ortega’s publishing house also published Canticle by Jorge Guillén, Safe Chance by Pedro Salinas and Quicklime and Song by Rafael Alberti. ![]() In addition, in 1928, one of his most influential books, Gypsy Ballads, appeared under the publisher’s imprint, in a small-format edition that sold out immediately. ![]() ![]() Federico García Lorca himself signed some poems after his arrival in Madrid both in the magazine España, which Ortega directed, and in the Revista de Occidente. The Revista de Occidente, directed by Ortega, as well as the publishing house of the same name, opened generously to new creators. His influence also permeated the young generation of writers linked to the Generation of ’27, although the social commitment of many of them contradicted Ortega’s idea of replacing “reality with metaphor” set forth in The Dehumanization of Art (1925). The influence of his ideas, expressed in books and articles, can be traced in almost all areas of art, politics and thought. He was born in Madrid on and died in the same city on October 18, 1955. Philosopher and essayist located in the Novecentismo cultural movement, of great influence in Spain in the first third of the twentieth century. ![]()
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