Leandro Fernández de Moratín

Philip Deacon (University of Sheffield)

Ed. by Stuart Green, University of Leeds
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.2.02: Spanish Writing and Culture: Modern and Contemporary, 1700-present.
Vol. editors: Santiago Bertrán (University of Oxford), Isabel Berzal Ayuso (Universidad de Alcala de Henares), Stuart Green (University of Leeds), Alexis Grohmann (University of Edinburgh), Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Dates

Born 10 Mar 1760
Died 21 Jun 1828
Activity 1790-1828

Places

Born in Spain
Active in Spain

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist
Poet
Translator

Resources

Fernández de Moratin's Works

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Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828) was the outstanding dramatist of eighteenth-century Spain, not only because of the enduring audience appeal of his plays, but also due to their critical acclaim and influence on later playwrights. His subsequent literary reputation derives, too, from his achievements as poet, translator of drama and observer of social and cultural life in England and Italy.

Born in Madrid to an intellectual father, Nicolás (1737-1780), who was also a published poet and dramatist, Leandro Moratín did not attend university but gained his literary education from his father’s circle of friends. At the age of eighteen he entered the poetry competition of the Real Academia Española [Royal Spanish Academy (of Language and Literature)] with a poem on the 15th-century

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Citation: Deacon, Philip. "Leandro Fernández de Moratín". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 September 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12890, accessed 23 November 2024.]