Daniel Arrieta    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of Hispanic Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Associate Professor
Date	2025/06/29
Title	Enjoying the metaphors of Nobel Prize-winning author Juan Ramon Jimenez in the picture book "Platero and I"
Conference	Kyoto Spain Culture Association
Conference Type	Domestic
Lecture Type	Special/Memorial Lecture
Contribution Type	Individual
Invited	Invited
Details	This lecture is an educational guide introducing the life of Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez and his masterpiece, "Platero and I." Born in Moguer in 1881, Jiménez produced a prolific body of poetry despite his introverted personality and struggles with depression. The lecture covers key events in his life, including his meeting with his wife, Senobia, his exile to the United States, and his winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956. The second half of the lecture is structured as an interactive session, where participants read excerpts from the work and consider metaphors, the symbolism of the rose, the meaning of Platero's death, and the tricolored butterfly.