Francisco Acebal, de Franzen, Blanco y Negro, 12-01-1901

Francisco López Acebal (5 April 1866, in

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– 5 September 1933) was a Spanish

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and

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Education

He began his studies at the Institute Jovellanos of his native town and continued with Escolapios Madrid. He graduated in Law from the Universidad Central. Although he had begun his literary career at thirteen in the

daily ''El Comercio'', his first literary success was reached in 1900, when he won with his novella ''Aires de mar'' the first prize in a competition of the magazine '' Blanco y Negro'', on whose judging panel were

José Echegaray José Echegaray y Eizaguirre (19 April 183214 September 1916) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and one of the leading Spanish dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century. He was awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Li ...

, Benito Pérez Galdós and José Ortega Munilla. Since then he collaborated on the top newspapers and magazines in Spain (''Blanco y Negro'', ''Helios'', ''Hojas Selectas'', ''

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'', ''

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'', etc.) and Latin America (''Journal of the Marina of Havana'', and ''

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'', in Buenos Aires).

Career

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sympathizer, in 1901 he founded and afterwards led '' La Lectura'' (Journal of Science and Arts) (1901-1920), the most prestigious intellectual journal of his time, from whose pages he promoted authors of the

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and whose shadow appeared after two collections of famous books: ''Pedagogía Moderna'' (Modern Pedagogy) and ''Clásicos Castellanos'' (Classical Castilian), associated with the ideas of the

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and the Center for Historical Studies respectively. He worked closely on these projects with

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, Domingo Barnés Salinas and others. In 1907 he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Board for Advanced Studies and Research, where he helped the Secretary José Castillejo to train new generations of scientists.

Work

In Acebal's theatrical works there are evident influences by Benito Pérez Galdós and the comedy of

Jacinto Benavente Jacinto Benavente y Martínez (12 August 1866 – 14 July 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922 "for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustriou ...

. He adapted the dramatic formula of several novels of the first such as ''El amigo Manso'', which wasw much celebrated on its premiere at the Odeon Theatre on November 20, 1917 or ''Misericordia''. More important is his narrative, which contains a careful language, with novels that have been translated into English (''Dolorosa'', for example, 1904), French, Portuguese and Dutch. He left quite a few unpublished works.

Works

Novels

*From good stock Madrid, 1902 (A. March). *Dolorosa, Madrid: Bookstore General Victoriano Suarez, 1904. Reprinted Oviedo: Royal Institute of Asturian Studies, 1999, with an introduction by José María Roca Franquesa. *Head to head, 1905. *Calvary (contemporary

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), Barcelona: Montaner and Simon, 1905.

Short Narrative

*Footprint souls, Madrid, Reading Library, 1901. *From my corner, Salamanca, 1902. *Penumbra, Madrid: Graphics Press, 1924. *Mystical Rose, Madrid: The Contemporaries, 1909.

Theatre

*Never ', Madrid, 1905 (Typography Magazine Files) comedy. *A modern, Madrid: Renaissance, 1914, comedy in two acts. *The ancestors Madrid, 1920 (Typ. of the Journal Archives) *Mercy *A good will *Gusts of passion. Madrid: The Contemporaries, 1925. Comedy. *Clay dolls. *The gentle friend. Three-act stage adaptation of the novel of the same title by Perez Galdos Madrid, 1917.

Bibliography

*Antonio Marco García, ''Francisco López Acebal y sus aportaciones a la cultura española del siglo XX'' (: Francisco López Acebal and his contributions to twentieth century Spanish culture). In: ''Archivum: Revista de la Facultad de Filología'' Volumes 46-47, 1996, pages 303-325. *Andrés González Blanco, ''Historia de la novela en España desde el Romanticismo a nuestros días'' (: History of the novel in Spain from Romanticism to Our Day), Madrid, 1909. *José María Roca Franquesa, ''La obra novelística de Francisco López Acebal'' (: The novelistic work of Francisco López Acebal). Offprint Factitia of the ''Boletín del Instituto de Estudios Asturianos''. No. 84-85. Oviedo, 1975. *Constantino Suárez, ''Escritores y artistas asturianos'' (: Asturian writers and artists) (1934).

References

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