Ramón de Mesonero Romanos | |
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| Born | Ramón de Mesonero Romanos 19 July 1803 Madrid, Spain |
| Died | 30 April 1882 (aged 78) Madrid, Spain |
| Seat e of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 25 February 1847 – 30 April 1882 | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | José Echegaray |
Ramón de Mesonero Romanos (19 July 1803 – 30 April 1882) was a Spanish prose writer who was born in Madrid.
Biography
At an early age, he became interested in the history and topography of his native city. His Guía de Madrid (1831) was published when literature was at a low ebb in Spain, but the author's curious researches and direct style charmed the public. Next year, in a review entitled Cartas españolas, under the pseudonym "El Curioso Parlante", he began a series of articles on the social life of the capital, which were subsequently collected and called Panorama matritense (1835–1836).
Mesonero Romanos was elected to the Spanish Academy in 1838 and, though he continued to write, had somewhat outlived his fame when he issued his pleasing autobiography, Memorias de un Setentón, natural y vecino de Madrid (1880). He died in Madrid, shortly after the publication of his Obras completas (8 vols, 410, 1881). His place of burial is the Saint Isidore Cemetery in Madrid.[1]
References
- ↑ Biblioteca Municipal de Madrid (1902). Catálogo de la Biblioteca municipal de Madrid (in Spanish). Imprenta municipal. p. 37. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mesonero Romanos, Ramón de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 179.