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Armando Francisco Bonifacio Palacio y Rodríguez-Valdés (4 October 185329 January 1938) was a Spanish novelist and critic.


Biography

Palacio was born at Entrialgo in the province of
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on 4 October 1853, eldest son of Silverio Palacio y Cárcaba, a lawyer, and Eduarda Rodríguez-Valdés y Alas, a aristocrat. His brothers, Atanasio and Leopoldo, also were writers. His first writings were printed in the '' Revista Europea''. These were pungent essays, remarkable for independent judgment and refined humour, and found so much favor with the public that the young beginner was soon appointed editor of the ''Revista''. The best of his critical work is collected in ''Los Oradores del Ateneo'' (1878), ''Los Novelistas españoles'' (1878), ''Nuevo viaje al Parnaso and La Literatura en 1881'' (1882), this last being written in collaboration with
Leopoldo Alas Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña (25 April 1852 – 13 June 1901), also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as ''paliques'' (“chitchat”), as well as his advocacy of liber ...
. In 1881 he published a novel, ''El señorito Octavio'', which shows an uncommon power of observation, and the optimistic promise of better things to come. In ''Marta y Maria'' (1883), a portrayal of the struggle between religious vocation and earthly passion, somewhat in the manner of
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, Palacio Valdés achieved a popular triumph. According to a contemporaneous assessment by
James Fitzmaurice-Kelly James Fitzmaurice-Kelly FBA (1858 – 30 November 1923) was a British writer on Spanish literature. Born in Glasgow, He was the son of Colonel Thomas Kelly of the 40th Regiment of Foot and was educated at St Charles's College, Kensington, where ...
in the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' Eleventh Edition: Palacio was elected to seat ''k'' of the
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on 3 May 1906, he took up his seat on 12 December 1920. A collection of his short stories appeared in
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translation in 1935.


Works

*''Semblanzas literarias'' (1871) *''Los oradores del Ateneo'' (1878) *''El nuevo viaje al Parnaso'' (1879) *''La literatura en'' (1881), with
Leopoldo Alas Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña (25 April 1852 – 13 June 1901), also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as ''paliques'' (“chitchat”), as well as his advocacy of liber ...
*''El señorito Octavio'' (1881) *''Marta y María'' (1883) *''Aguas fuertes'' (1884) *''El idilio de un enfermo'' (1884) *''José'' (1885) *''Riverita'' (1886) *''Maximina'' (1887) *''El cuarto poder'' (1888) *''La hermana San Sulpicio'' (1889) *''La espuma'' (1890) *''La espuma'' (1891) *''La fe'' (1892) *''El maestrante'' (1893) *''El Orígen del Pensamiento''(1893) *''Los majos de Cádiz'' (1896) *''La alegría del capitán Ribot'' (1899) ("The Joy of Captain Ribot", 1900) *''Tristán o el pesimismo'' (1906) *''La aldea perdida'' (1911) *''Los papeles del doctor Angélico'' (1911) *''Años de juventud del doctor Angélico'' (1918) *''La novela de un novelista'' (1921) *''Cuentos escogidos'' (1923) *''La hija de Natalia'' (1924) *''El pájaro en la nieve y otros cuentos'' (1925) *''Santa Rogelia'' (1926) *''Los cármenes de Granada'' (1927) *''Testamento literario'' (1929) *''Sinfonía pastoral'' (1930) *''El gobierno de las mujeres'' (1931) *''Obras completas'' (1935) *''Álbum de un viejo'' (1940) *''El Crimen en Calle de la Perseguida'' (Unknown)


See also


In English

*
Literary realism Literary realism is a literary genre, part of the broader realism in arts, that attempts to represent subject-matter truthfully, avoiding speculative fiction and supernatural elements. It originated with the realist art movement that began with ...
: General vision of the movement *
Spanish literature Spanish literature generally refers to literature ( Spanish poetry, prose, and drama) written in the Spanish language within the territory that presently constitutes the Kingdom of Spain. Its development coincides and frequently intersects wit ...
: Evolution of Spanish literature


In Spanish

* wikisource:es:Armando Palacio Valdés * :es:Literatura española del Realismo


Notes


References

*''Diccionario de literatura española''. Madrid: Revista de Occidente, 1964.


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valdes, Armando Palacio 1853 births 1938 deaths Spanish male writers People from Asturias Members of the Royal Spanish Academy University of Oviedo alumni