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Spanish Writer
This is a list of writers, including novelists, essayists, poets, playwrights, and journalists, who were born in Spain or whose writings are closely associated with that country. A * Iñaki Abad (born 1963), novelist and journalist * Silvia Agüero (born 1985), Roma feminist writer and human rights activist * Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833–1891), novelist * Rafael Alberti (1902–1999), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1983) * Vicente Alberti y Vidal (1786–1859), writer * José Alcalá Galiano (1843–1919), writer, poet and humorist * Baltasar del Alcázar (1530–1606), poet * Ignacio Aldecoa (1925–1969), novelist and poet * Mateo Alemán (1547–c. 1609), novelist * Vicente Aleixandre (1888–1984), poet, Nobel Prize laureate (1977) * Florina Alías (1921-1999), writer * Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990), poet, Cervantes Prize laureate (1978) * Núria Añó (b. 1973), novelist and biographer * Tomás de Añorbe y Corregel (1686–1741), playwright and poet * Jerónimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writer
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as other reports and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' texts are published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such as graphics or illustration to enhance the commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mateo Alemán
: ''Aleman is sometimes used to refer to German.'' Mateo Alemán y del Nero (September 15471615?) was a Spanish novelist and writer. Biography Alemán was born in Seville, Andalucía, where he graduated from the University in 1564. He later studied at Salamanca and Alcalá, and from 1571 to 1588 held a post in the treasury; in 1594 he was arrested on suspicion of malversation, but was speedily released. According to some authors, he was descended from Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism after 1492, and one of his forebears had been burned by the Inquisition for secretly continuing to practice Judaism. In 1599, he published the first part of ''Guzmán de Alfarache'', a celebrated picaresque novel which passed through no less than sixteen editions in five years; a spurious sequel was issued in 1602, but the authentic continuation did not appear until 1604. In 1571, Alemán married, unhappily, Catalina de Espinosa, and was constantly in money difficulties, being imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Bishop
In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Church. Catholics trace the origins of the office of bishop to the apostles, who it is believed were endowed with a special charism and office by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Catholics believe this special charism and office has been transmitted through an unbroken succession of bishops by the laying on of hands in the sacrament of holy orders. Diocesan bishops—known as eparchs in the Eastern Catholic Churches—are assigned to govern local regions within the Catholic Church known as dioceses in the Latin Church and eparchies in the Eastern Churches. Bishops are collectively known as the College of Bishops and can hold such additional titles as archbishop, cardinal, patriarch, or pope. As of 2020, there were approximately 5,600 living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Clemente De Aróstegui
Alfonso Clemente de Arostegui y Cañavate (Villanueva de la Jara, 5 March 1698 - Madrid, 2 October 1774) was a Spanish bishop, writer, lawyer and diplomat. He studied at the University of Salamanca and at the University of Alcalá de Henares. He worked for the Departments of '' Instituta'' and Decrees at the University Complutense A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...; in Zaragoza's mayor's office; in Roman Rota; as an interim minister plenipotentiary of Spain in Rome; as an ambassador in Rome; at the Council of Castile; in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando; as a royal commissioner of the Holy Crusade; in the Council of State; and as a member of the House of Castile. He bequeathed all his books to the College of Seminario de San Julián in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimon Arola
Raimon Arola Ferrer (born 1956, in Tarragona), Doctor of Art History and professor at the University of Barcelona, is one of the leading specialists in sacred symbolism, art and Hermetic tradition. He has given numerous seminars in different universities and has collaborated in the journal ''La Puerta''. He is currently the director of Arsgravis and participates in the research group ''Aula Música Poètica''. All of his many publications have international recognition. Publications * (2012) ''La cábala y la alquimia en la tradición espiritual de Occidente (siglos XV-XVII)''. Palma de Mallorca: José J. de Olañeta. * (2011) ''El símbolo en la espiritualidad contemporánea''. * (2008) ''Alquimia y religión. Los símbolos herméticos del siglo XVII''. Barcelona: Siruela. * (2006) Raimon Arola (ed.). ''Creer lo increíble. Lo antiguo y lo nuevo en la historia de las religiones''. Tarragona: Arolas editors. * (2003) ''El buscador del orden''. Tarragona: Arola editors. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Ariza
Juan de Ariza was born in Motril, Granada, Spain on December 11, 1816 and died in Havana, Cuba on July 20, 1876. He was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright whose work falls largely into the literary tradition of Romanticism. He is listed in the "Spanish Authors Collection". Biography Juan Ariza was the son of a wealthy family. His father died when Juan four years old and his uncle, Juan Fernando de Ariza, took charge of the youngster's education. At age thirty-seven, Juan Ariza worked at the Teatro Liceo de Motril. At age forty, he moved to Madrid where he wrote for various newspapers and magazines. In 1843, his first known work appears, ''A la heroica Granada''. From 1845 he became known first for his historical novels and then stories inspired by pop ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Golden Age
The Spanish Golden Age ( es, Siglo de Oro, links=no , "Golden Century") is a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the political rise of the Spanish Empire under the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Spanish Habsburgs. The greatest patron of Spanish art and culture during this period was King Philip II (1556–1598), whose royal palace, El Escorial, invited the attention of some of Europe's greatest architects and painters such as El Greco, who infused Spanish art with foreign styles and helped create a uniquely Spanish style of painting. It is associated with the reigns of Isabella I, Ferdinand II, Charles V, Philip II, Philip III, and Philip IV, when Spain was one of the most powerful countries in the world. The start of the Golden Age can be placed in 1492, with the end of the ''Reconquista'', the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the New World, and the publication of Antonio de Nebrija's ''Grammar of the Castilian Language''. It ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan De Arguijo
Juan de Arguijo (1567–1623) was a Spanish writer, poet and musician belonging to the Spanish Golden Age during the Baroque period. Juan de Arguijo was born into a wealthy family of Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula .... He mostly wrote under the pen name of Arcicio. His poetry was markedly different from the other poets of his time, known for its cerebral quality and for the poet's striving for perfectionism. His letters are also valued as literary gems, and a number of them were collected and published. Many of his sonnets were regarded by critics to be superior to those of Quevedo, Lope and Argensola. References External links * Spanish male writers 1567 births 1623 deaths Baroque writers {{Spain-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás De Añorbe Y Corregel
Tomás Añorbe y Corregel ( Madrid, 1686 - id, 1741) was a Spanish priest, playwright and poet. Biography Chaplain of the Royal Convent of the Incarnation, spent his life busy in charity missions, an activity that he combined with the cultivation of poetry (''Bitterness of death and Christian thoughts'', 1731) and, above all, of the theater, an area in which it constitutes a fundamental link within the late-Baroque theater, under which it is placed next to playwrights such as José de Cañizares and Antonio de Zamora. Within the popular theater of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, he delved into the genres most acclaimed by the public at that time: comedy of saints, or more specifically, of sinful saints, with ''Princess, harlot and martyr, Santa Afra'' (1735), a piece that, like others of Vicente Camacho ('' Harlot of Phenicia and happy Samaritan woman, Santa Eudoxia '' (1740) and Andrés Antonio Sánchez de Villamayor ('' The strong woman, astonishment of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Núria Añó
Núria Añó (, ; born 1973) is a Catalan writer and a translator. Añó has exhibited her work in universities and institutions giving papers on literary creation or authors like Elfriede Jelinek, Patricia Highsmith, Salka Viertel, Franz Werfel, Karen Blixen or Alexandre Dumas, fils, as well as giving talks in libraries and secondary and higher education centres. She is also a member of several international artistic juries. Work Añó was born in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. She started writing tales at a young age and published her first story in 1990. After that, she published in anthology books from abroad, such as the short stories ''2066. Beginning the age of correction'', about climate change, or ''Presage'', about domestic violence, both translated into English. Her first novel ''Els nens de l'Elisa'' (2006) was third among the finalists for the 24th Ramon Llull Prize for Catalan literature, one of the most relevant literary awards in Catalan language. This novel h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dámaso Alonso
Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas (22 October 1898 – 25 January 1990) was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards. Early life and education Born in Madrid on 22 October 1898, Alonso studied Law, Philosophy and Literature before undertaking research at Madrid's Centro de Estudios Históricos. An enthusiastic participant in the cultural and literary life at the famous Residencia de estudiantes (which at this time counted among its residents Federico García Lorca, Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, amongst others), Alonso also wrote for the literary magazines ''Revista de Occidente'' ('Western Review') and ''Los Cuatro Vientos'' ('The Four Winds'). Academic career Alonso was to become an academic of great renown: he taught Spanish language and literature at several foreign universities, including the University of Oxford and took up a chair at the University of Valencia be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
