biography
| name: |
Beña, Cristóbal, de
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pronunciation:
[benya]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1777–1833)
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| biography:
| Fabulist, born in Extremadura, W Spain. He studied at Alcalá University. Imitating La Fontaine and Iriarte, he attacked tyranny and bad government in fables such as ‘La piedra de anular y el cuchillo’ and ‘La escalera de mano y el farolero’. He published these and other poems in Lira de la libertad (1831) after being exiled for his involvement in a conspiracy against the French. He contributed to the Memorial literario (1784–1808) in its third phase, 1800–8. |
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