biography
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Alas (y Ureña), Leopoldo
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pseudonym Clarín
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pronunciation:
[alas]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1852–1901)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Zamora, NWC Spain. He was professor of law at Oviedo, but better known as a forceful literary critic (his pseudonym means ‘bugle’). He published short stories (Cuentos morales, 1896), a drama Teresa, and several novels, including La regenta (1885, The Regent's Wife). |
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