Vincent Garcia de la Huerta

Who is Vincent Garcia de la Huerta?

Vincent Garcia de la Huerta was a popular 18th century Spanish poet, author, dramatist, and critic. He acquired considerable fame with immense contributions to turn public attention to ancient native writers and held prestigious positions - head of the Antigallican literary party, member of Spanish academy, leader of the national school of poetry, chief of the National library, head of the Royal library, and others.

He was quite notable among Spanish for his poetical and critical talents through his principal works - La Raquel, a tragedy, and Teatro Espanol. He equally attracted censures from his opponents and enemies for his literary arrogance, notably, from critics of France.