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Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
1836–1870
A quiet revolutionary of Spanish poetry, this late-Romantic writer helped open the way to a more intimate, modern lyric voice. His poems and legends remain beloved for their musical language, melancholy, and sense of mystery.
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Legends, Tales and Poems
by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Romantic legends of Spain
by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Obras escogidas
by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
About the author
Born in Seville on February 17, 1836, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer grew up in an artistic family and lost both parents while still young. He later moved to Madrid to pursue a literary life, working as a writer and journalist while also showing talent for drawing.
Bécquer is remembered as one of the key figures of Spanish Romanticism and is often described as an early modern Spanish poet. He wrote lyrical poems later gathered as Rimas and prose tales commonly known as Leyendas, works admired for their emotional directness, musical style, and themes of love, memory, solitude, and the supernatural.
He died in Madrid on December 22, 1870, at just 34 years old. Much of his fame grew after his death, and his writing has remained central to Spanish literature ever since.