Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish poet and writer
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Place of Birth: Seville, Andalusia, Spain
About Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
- Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida (February 17, 1836 – December 22, 1870), better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (Spanish pronunciation: [gus'taßo a'ðolfo 'ßeke?]), was a Spanish Romanticist poet and writer (mostly short stories), also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented in drawing.
- Today he is considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature, and is considered by some as the most read writer after Cervantes.
- He adopted the alias of Bécquer as his brother Valeriano Bécquer, a painter, had done earlier.
- He was associated with the romanticism and post-romanticism movements and wrote while realism was enjoying success in Spain.
- He was moderately well known during his life, but it was after his death that most of his works were published.
- His best known works are the Rhymes and the Legends, usually published together as Rimas y leyendas.
- These poems and tales are essential to the study of Spanish literature and common reading for high-school students in Spanish-speaking countries. His work approached the traditional poetry and themes in a modern way, and he is considered the founder of modern Spanish lyricism.
- Bécquer's influence on 20th-century poets of the Spanish language can be felt in the works of Luis Cernuda, Octavio Paz, and Giannina Braschi. Bécquer influenced numerous later Spanish-language writers, including Luis Cernuda, Giannina Braschi, Octavio Paz, Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez.
- Bécquer himself was influenced by – both directly and indirectly — Cervantes, Shakespeare, Goethe, Heinrich Heine
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Source: Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla.
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Valeriano Bécquer
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| Alternative names | Valeriano Dominguez Bécquer; Valeriano Domínguez Becquer; Valeriano Dominguez Becquer; Valeriano Becquer; Valeriano Bécquer; Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer; Valeriano Domínguez Bastida; Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer Bastida; Valeriane Bécquer | ||
| Description | Spanish painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 15 December 1833 | 23 September 1870 | |
| Location of birth/death | Seville | Madrid | |
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Source: Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla.
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