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Luis Cernuda (born Luis Cernuda Bidón September
21, 1902 – November, 1963), was a Spanish
language|Spanish poet.

He was born in Seville, the son of a military man.

The central concerns of this poet are evident in
the title of his life's major opus: La Realidad y
el Deseo (Reality and Desire). In this work, which
Cernuda began in the 1930s and expanded on almost
until his death in 1963, the poet explores desire,
love, subject, object, history and sexuality in
poems which draw influences from romanticism,
classicism, and the surrealist avant-garde.  

Cernuda is known as a member of the Generation of
'27, a group of Spanish poets and artists
including Federico Garcia Lorca.  He broke new
ground with "Los Placeres Prohibidos" (Forbidden
Pleasures), an avant-garde work in which the poet
used surrealism to explore his sexuality.

During the Spanish Civil War, Cernuda fled to
England, where he began an exile that later took
him to France, Scotland, Massachusetts (Mount
Holyoke College), Mexico, and California; he never
returned to Spain.

He died in Mexico City.

His major works include

* Poetry: La realidad y el deseo
* Prose poems: Ocnos, Variaciones sobre un tema
Mexicano
* Criticism: Literatura Poesia I & II

His major English language critics include Derek
Harris and Phillip Silver.