Paris and then, early in July 1939, in the company of a variety of other intellectual Republican figures, to Mexico, where he lived until his death in 1962. Work Early work, 1925 - 1928: Prados's poetry highlights in particular the relationship between the natural world and the otherness of being, mixing avant-garde and surrealist elements with his own Arabic/Andalusian roots. Tiempo Veinte poemas en verso Seis estampas paraun rompecabezas Canciones del farero Vuelta El misterio del agua Political poetry, 1932 - 1938: Prados devotes himself to outspokenly social and political poetry, developing these themes using surrealist language. La voz cautiva Andando, andando por el mundo La tierra que no alienta Seis estancias Llanto en la sangre El llanto subterráneo Tres cantos Homenaje al poeta Federico García Lorca contra su muerte Romances Romancero general de la guerra de España Cancionero menor para los combatientes Destino fiel (a collection of all his war poetry, won the Premio Nacional de Literatura in 1938) Poetry from exile, 1939 - 1962: Prados's later poetry carries a profound sense of rootlessness and solitude. Thematically his work becomes much denser and more philosophical, addressing the complexity of concepts such as new life, solidarity and love. Mínima muerte Jardín cerrado Memoria del olvido Penumbras Río natural Circuncisión del sueño Signos del ser 1899 births 1962 deaths People from Málaga Generation of '27 Spanish male poets Writers from Andalusia Spanish people of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Mexico 20th-century Spanish poets 20th-century Spanish male writers Spanish editors LGBT history in Spain