author
Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío
d. 1835
A Spanish Romantic writer who moved easily between languages, he built a lively literary career in England and France while also taking part in the liberal politics of his time. Though he died young in 1835, he left behind novels, plays, poems, and historical tales that traveled widely across Europe.
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Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance.
by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío
About the author
Born in Santander on January 5, 1799, Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío grew up during a turbulent period in Spanish history. He was educated in England and became an unusually international writer, publishing in English as well as in Spanish and French.
Trueba is remembered as a novelist, dramatist, and poet linked to early Romanticism. He wrote historical fiction, theatrical works, and narrative collections, and several of his best-known books first appeared in English before reaching readers in other languages. His career also had a political side: he was associated with Spanish liberalism and spent important parts of his life outside Spain.
He died in Paris on October 4, 1835. Even with a short life, his work stands out for its cosmopolitan range and for the way it connected Spanish subjects with a broader European reading public.