biography
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Alarcón (y Ariza), Pedro Antonio de
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pronunciation:
[alah(r)hon]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1833–91)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Guadix, S Spain. He served with distinction in the African campaign of 1859–60, and became a radical journalist. He published a war diary, travel notes, and poems, but is best known for his novels, particularly Sombrero de tres picos (1874) on which Manuel de Falla based his ballet The Three-Cornered Hat. |
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