Antonio Colinas Lobato is a Spanish writer (poet, novelist, journalist, translator, essayist) and intellectual who was born in La Bañeza, León, Spain on January 30, 1946. He has published a variety of works, but is considered to be above all a poet. He won Spain's National Prize for Literature in 1982, among several other honors and awards. Prizes and Honors 1976 - Premio de la Crítica de poesía castellana for Sepulcro en Tarquinia 1982 - Premio Nacional de Literatura (National Prize for Literature (Spain)) for the anthology Poesía, 1967-1980 1996 - Mención Especial del Premio Internacional Jovellanos de Ensayo for Sobre la Vida Nueva 1998 - Premio Castilla y León de las Letras 1999 - Premio Internacional Carlo Betocchi for his work as a translator and scholar of Italian literature 2001 - Premio de la Academia Castellana y Leonesa de Poesía 2005 - Premio Nacional de Traducción, given by the Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Italia, for his translation of the complete poetry of Nobel-Prize winner Quasimodo 2006 - "Alubia de Oro", award giving him the title of "Personaje Bañezano del Año 2006", created by the weekly publication El Adelanto Bañezano 2006 - Premio Leonés del Año 2006 (given by Cadena Ser) 2008 - Pregonero Vitalicio de la Feria del Libro de Salamanca 2011 - Hijo Adoptivo de Salamanca 2012 - X Premio de la Crítica de Castilla y León 2014 - XV Premio de las Letras Teresa de Ávila 2016 - XXV Premio Reina Sofía de Poesía Iberoamericana 2019 - IX Premio Dante Alighieri 2019 - Premio LericiPea “alla Carriera” 2019 ad Antonio Colinas Individual Books of Poetry Junto al lago. Salamanca: Cuadernos para Lisa, 2001. (Written in 1967) Poemas de la tierra y de la sangre. León: Diputación Provincial, 1969. Preludios a una noche total. Madrid: Rialp, col. Adonais, 1969. Truenos y flautas en un templo. San Sebastián: C.A.G. de Guipúzcoa, 1972. Sepulcro en Tarquinia. León: Diputación Provincial, col. Provincia, 1975. *2nd edition: Sepulcro en Tarquinia. Barcelona, Lumen, Col. El Bardo, 1976. *3rd edition: Sepulcro en Tarquinia (poema w/ 6 drawings by Montserrat Ramoneda). Barcelona: Galería Amagatotis, 1982. *4th edition: Sepulcro en Tarquinia, poem w/ prologue by Juan Manuel Rozas. Segovia: Pavesas, 1994. *5th edition: Sepulcro en Tarquinia (poem with illustrations by Ramón Pérez Carrió). Pedreguer (Alicante): Collection “Font de La Cometa”, 1999. *6th edition: Sepulcro en Tarquinia (commemoration of the first edition (1975-2005) w/ CD of the