He writes “Oda a George O'Brien.” His mother, Amparo Bidón, dies in July. He leaves Seville in September and travels to Malaga to visit his friends Altolaguirre, Prados and Hinojosa. He sees the sea for the first time. He goes to Madrid, where he soon meets Vicente Aleixandre. In November, with the help of Salinas, he gets a job as lecteur at the l'École Normale in Toulouse

Luis Cernuda and Vicente Aleixandre in front of the Prado Museum, Madrid, 1928 Residencia de Estudiantes archives, Madrid