biography
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Iza Zamácola, Juan Antonio de
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known as Juan Antonio de Zamácola, pseudonym Don Preciso
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pronunciation:
[eetha thamakola]
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| lived:
| (1756–1826)
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| biography:
| Neoclassical satirist, born in Dima, Vizcaya, N Spain. A provincial scribe in the civil service during the reign of José I, he was exiled to France (1812–22). He is best known for his burlesques in the tradition of Eruditus a la violeta by Cadalso, such as Libro de moda, o ensayo de las historias de los currutacos, pirracos y madamitas de nuevo cuño (1795) and Elementos de la ciencia contradanzaria (1796). |
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