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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza (10 March 183319 July 1891) was a nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, known best for his novel El sombrero de tres picos (1874), an adaptation of popular traditions which provides a description of village life in Alarcón's native region of Andalusia. It was the basis for Hugo Wolf's opera Der Corregidor (1897); for Riccardo Zandonai's opera La farsa amorosa (1933); and Manuel de Falla's ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (1919). Alarcón wrote another popular short novel, El capitán Veneno ('Captain Poison', 1881).

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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

El despacho de Alarcón, dibujo del natural, por Comba, en la revista española La Ilustración Española y Americana.

Juan Comba García / Bernardo Rico · (30 July 1891). " El despacho de Alarcón, dibujo del natural, por Comba ". La Ilustración Española y Americana 35 (28): 52. · Public domain

Name
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón
Birth Name
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza
Born
10 March 1833
Birthplace
Guadix, Spain
Died
19 July 1891
Place of death
Madrid, Spain
Occupation
Novelist
Movement
Literary realism
Full name
Pedro Antonio Joaquín Melitón de Alarcón y Ariza.
Nationality
Spain
Fields
theatre
Education
University of Granada

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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón y Ariza (10 March 183319 July 1891) was a nineteenth-century Spanish novelist, known best for his novel El sombrero de tres picos (1874), an adaptation of popular traditions which provides a description of village life in Alarcón's native region of Andalusia. It was the basis for Hugo Wolf's opera Der Corregidor (1897); for Riccardo Zandonai's opera La farsa amorosa (1933); and Manuel de Falla's ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (1919). Alarcón wrote another popular short novel, El capitán Veneno ('Captain Poison', 1881).

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Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833–1891) was a diplomat, journalist and playwright, among other activities. The diplomat was born Pedro Antonio Joaquín Melitón de Alarcón y Ariza in Guadix and died in Madrid.

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón was educated at University of Granada. The diplomat was a member of Royal Spanish Academy. Pedro Antonio de Alarcón was associated with literary realism.

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