Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (1737–1780) was the father of one of the most important
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Leandro Fernández de Moratín
Leandro Fernández de Moratín (; 10 March 1760 – 21 June 1828) was a Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet.
Biography
Moratín was born in Madrid the son of Nicolás Fernández de Moratín, a major literary reformer in ...
. He himself was involved in the Spanish literary movement of the day and heavily influenced his son. He wrote ''Arte de las putas'', a poem, and ''La petimetra'', a new comedy. He was also a member of the Tertulia de la Fonda de San Sebastián where he met famous authors like
José Cadalso
José de Cadalso y Vázquez (Cádiz, 1741 – Gibraltar, 1782) was a Spanish soldier, novelist, poet, playwright and essayist. He was one of the major authors of Spanish Enlightenment literature.
Career
Before completing his twentieth year, Ca ...
and
Tomás de Iriarte
Tomás de Iriarte (or Yriarte) (18 September 1750 in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife – 17 September 1791 in Madrid) was a Spanish neoclassical poet.
Life
Tomás was born to the Iriarte family, many of whose members were writers in the humani ...
.
References
List of writings* ''Arte de las putas''. Madrid: 1898.
* ''Desengaños al teatro español''. Madrid: 1762-3.
* ''La Diana, o arte de la caza''. Madrid: 1765.
* ''Guzmán el Bueno''. Madrid: Antonio de Sancha, 1777.
* ''Hormesinda''. Madrid: Pantaleón Aznar, 1770.
* ''Lucrecia''. Madrid: José Francisco Martínez Abad, 1763.
* ''La Petimetra''. Madrid: Viuda de Juan Muñoz, 1762.
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1737 births
1780 deaths
18th-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights
18th-century Spanish male writers
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