Gerardo Diego Cendoya (1896–1987) was a poet, and one of the legendary Spanish Generation of '27. He taught language and literature in Soria, Gijón, Santander and Madrid, and acted as literary and music critic for several newspapers.

Diego was born in Santander. He studied the subjects of Philosophy & Humanities at the University of Deusto, and later at the universities of Salamanca and Madrid, where he earned his doctorate. With Juan Larrea, he founded the Ultraísta Movement in 1919. He was professor of literature and music. He began his poetic work with El romancero de la novia (1920).

After discovering the Chilean poet Vicente Huidobro , Diego became one of the most enthusiastic followers of Huidobro's Creationism. The extensive poetic work of Diego has always varied between the themes and expressions of Vanguardism and the more classical structures of poetry. In 1925, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature for his book Versos humanos . He began to publish the journal Carmen y Lola, of Vanguardist character , in 1927. In 1932 he published Poesía española contemporánea .

A member of Real Academia Española from 1948, his life's work was recognised with the Cervantes Prize in 1979. He died in Madrid, in 1987, aged 90.

(Biography adapted from the Wikipedia bio.)