Antonio Alcalá Venceslada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antonio Alcalá Venceslada

Spanish writer, poet

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1883

Place of Birth: Andújar, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 15-Jul-1955

Profession: writer, teacher, poet, archivist, philosopher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Antonio Alcalá Venceslada (1883–1955) was a Spanish writer and scholar of Andalusia.
He studied variously in Málaga, Jaen, Granada and Sevilla.
As an archivist/librarian, he worked in Compostela, Cádiz, Huelva and Jaén.
He also taught at the Instituto Virgen del Carmen in Jaén. Alcalá Venceslada was a renowned authority on Andalusian popular culture.
He wrote many books, the most important of which, a reference work called Vocabulario Andaluz, was published in 1934.
The author was awarded the sum of 10,000 pesetas by the Real Academia Española de la Lengua as a result.
The book has been reprinted many times since.
Other works include De la solera fina (Jaén, 1925) and La flor de la canela (Andújar, 1946).
He was also a noted poet.
According to Alfonso de Urquijo, Alcalá Venceslada was "el poeta montero de España".
A street and a college in Jaen are named after him, likewise a small street in Andújar.