Manuel Bretón de los Herreros
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1796 – 1873
Who was Manuel Bretón de los Herreros?
Manuel Bretón de los Herreros was a Spanish dramatist, educated at Madrid. Enlisting on 24 May 1812, he served against the French in Valencia and Catalonia, and retired with the rank of corporal on 8 March 1822. He obtained a minor post in the civil service under the liberal government, and on his discharge determined to earn his living by writing for the stage.
His first piece, Á la vejez viruelas, was produced on 4 October 1824, and proved the writer to be the legitimate successor of the younger Moratín. His industry was astonishing: between October 1824 and November 1828, he composed thirty-nine plays, six of them original, the rest being translations or recasts of classic masterpieces. In 1831 he published a translation of Tibullus, and acquired by it an unmerited reputation for scholarship which secured for him an appointment as sub-librarian at the national library. But the theatre claimed him for its own, and with the exception of Elena and a few other pieces in the fashionable romantic vein, his plays were a long series of successes.
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- Born
- Dec 19, 1796
Spain - Also known as
- Manuel Breton de los Herreros
- Breton de los Herreros
- Nationality
- Spain
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- Died
- 1873
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on July 23, 2013
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