About the book: 2020 / DEDICATED TO JUAN RAMON JIMENEZ Publication was carried out with the financial support of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications Executive editor Yu. G. Fridshtein Editor M. G. Vorsanova Design: T. N. Kosterina “Spain is a literary power. In the 17th century, it gave the world the greatest geniuses of mankind: Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Quevedo. In the 20th century, the Spanish philosopher Ortega y Gasset became the ruler of minds; the whole world admired the prose and poetry of the Argentines Borges and Cortazar, and the Colombian García Márquez. Let us not forget those great representatives of Spain and Spanish America who visited or lived in other countries, leaving a deep mark on the history and culture of other peoples, and whom the history and culture of these peoples changed and enriched, and sometimes determined their destiny. Let us at least remember Jose de Ribas - Joseph Deribas, a Spaniard by birth, a military and statesman, the founder of Odessa. They and many other outstanding Spaniards and Latin Americans are discussed in my book.” Vsevolod Bagno