Juan Luis Panero (9 September 1942 - 16 September 2013) was a Spanish poet.
Juan Luis Panero was born in Madrid on 9 September 1942, the son of poet Leopoldo Panero and writer Felicidad Blanc.[1] He was the brother of Leopoldo María Panero, and nephew of Juan Panero.
His family was well-off, and he was educated first in El Escorial, Madrid, and later in London, England.[2]
Panero travelled around different countries in America, which gave him the opportunity to meet renowned writers such as Octavio Paz, Jorge Luis Borges, and Juan Rulfo, among others.[2] He prepared anthologies of poets such as those of his father Leopoldo Panero, Pablo Neruda and Octavio Paz. He made selections of Colombian poetry (1880-1980) and contemporary Mexican poetry.
His own poetic career started in 1968 with the publication of his book A través del tiempo (Through time), followed by Los trucos de la muerte (The tricks of death) in 1975, Desapariciones y fracasos (Disappearances and failures) in 1978 and Juegos para aplazar la muerte (Games to postpone death) in 1984.[2]
Panero's last works were published in 1999: a memoir titled Sin rumbo cierto (Without a certain direction), and Enigmas y despedidas (Enigmas and farewells).[2]
In 1985 Panero won the Premio Ciudad de Barcelona (City of Barcelona Prize) for Antes que llegue la noche (Before night arrives).[1]
In 1988 he won the Premio Internacional de Poesía de la Fundación Loewe for Galerías y fantasmas (Galleries and ghosts).[1]
In 1999, he won the XII Premio Comillas de Biografía, Autobiografía y Memorias (12th Comillas Prize for Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs) for Sin rumbo cierto.[2]
Panero, his brother Leopoldo María Panero, and his mother Felicidad participated in the 1975 film by Jaime Chávarri, El desencanto (The Disenchantment), about the decline of a family marked by hypocrisy.[1]
Panero lived in Girona from 1985 onwards.[1] He died on 16 September 2013 in Torroella de Montgrí, in the province of Girona, at the age of 71.[1]