Ángel Ganivet

Ángel Ganivet studied at Facultad de Filosofía y Letras (Universidad de Granada), Universidad Central and University of Granada. The recorded working language is Spanish. Positions recorded include consul. Works named in the authority record are Los trabajos del infatigable creador Pío Cid and Idearium español.

• Born — 13 December 1865 • Died — 29 November 1898 • Occupation — writer and diplomat • Birthplace — Granada, Spain • Place of death — Riga, Russian Empire

On 29 November 1898, disillusioned in love, Ganivet drowned himself in the Daugava River. Nearly failing in his attempt, he was first rescued but managed to throw himself into the river again. Ganivet had contemplated suicide for several years, and he had suffered from progressive syphilitic paralysis.

• Granada la bella. (1896) (Granada the Beautiful) • Idearium español. (1897) (literally, Spanish Idearium, also translated as Spain, an Interpretation) • La conquista del reino de Maya, por el último conquistador español, Pío Cid (1897) (The Conquest of the Mayan Kingdom, by the Last Spanish Conqueror, Pío Cid) • Cartas finlandesas. (1898) (Finnish Letters, also translated into Finnish as Suomalaiskirjeitä) • El escultor de su alma. (1906) (The Sculptor of Your Soul)