"But Juan Antonio Villacañas was more than a social poet, or a poet of the universe or a religious poet, or a poet of human themes, or a poet of love. Villacañas, apart from being a generous person, cordial, a poet in the deepest sense of the word, he is, above all, a poet of all times, a poet of yesterday, a poet of tomorrow. A poet who, in life, despite prizes and triumphs, did not get the recognition that other inferior poets had. Especially during his last years “critics” turned their back to him. But he remained faithful to that which was his passion. Poetry, a poetry that has the flow of a river, the serenity of an autumn day, the light that must be in the look of God."
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Hilario Barrero. “LOS POETAS”. REVISTA POÉTICA ALMACÉN. LIBRO DE NOTAS. Also: Introduction to Juan Antonio Villacañas: Selected Poems. Shearsman Books, Exeter. United Kingdom, 2009.
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