Jaime Gil de Biedma in the PhilippinesJaime Gil de Biedma was one of the enigmatic figures of late twentieth century Spanish literature. Gathered here in one bilingual volume are his poetic anthology, The Persons of the Verb, and his posthumously published diary, Portrait of the Artist in 1956, accompanied by notes from an international roster of literary scholars who meditate on the major Spanish poet who lived among us.