Spanish literary critics and poets of the stature of Juan Ramon Jimenez, Gerardo Diego, Rafael Alberti and Pedro Salinas, have noted repeatedly the importance of Fernando Villalon's work, and the originality and significance of his poetry. The present book is the first in-depth study of Villalon's literary production. It examines how the extraordinary popularity Villalon enjoyed as a person has to a great extent overshadowed his work, and separates, finally, the myth relative to Villalon's personality and life-style from historical reality."