biography
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Pérez Galdós, Benito
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pronunciation:
[peres galdos]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1843–1920)
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| biography:
| Novelist and playwright, born in Las Palmas, Canary Is, Spain. He switched from law to journalism, and then to writing historical novels. Regarded as Spain's greatest novelist after Cervantes, his 46 short Episodios nacionales (National Episodes) give a vivid picture of 19th-c Spain from the viewpoint of the people. Some of his longer novels have been translated, including Doña Perfecta (1876, trans 1886). His plays, many of them based on his novels, have also been successful. |
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