Manuel del Águila

Manuel del Águila (1914–2006) was a Spanish poet, versatile composer and painter born in the El Alquián neighborhood, in Almería (Andalusia), on 13 June 1914 and died on 8 November 2006 in Aguadulce (Roquetas de Mar, province of Almería, Andalusia).

Education

The fifth of six children, Manuel del Águila lost his father and mother at only six years old in 1920. Close friends of the family, Francisco Bracho Cambronero and Dolores Bonilla Vega, took charge of his upbringing with Manuela, the nursemaid with whom Manuel del Aguila would remain close throughout his life.

That year he entered the College of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, playing close attention to his studies. From that age he received his first piano and first French lessons.