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Biography of Ramón Maria del Valle InclánName: Ramón Maria del Valle InclánBirth Date: c. 1866 Death Date: 1936 Place of Birth: Puebla de Caramiñál, Spain Nationality: Spanish Gender: Male Occupations: novelist, playwright, poet Ramón Maria del Valle Inclán The Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet Ramón Maria del Valle Inclán (ca. 1866-1936) was a member of the Generation of '98. Foreign literary trends deeply influenced his work, and he was especially indebted to the modernist movement.Ramón del Valle Inclán was born in Puebla de Caramiñál in the northwestern part of Spain. His elegant, aristocratic, and majestic demeanor was certainly not typically Galician. He loved the fabulous and the mysterious: he grew a beard and long hair to lend an air of mystery and legend to his personality. He often wore a black bell-like cloak and black hat. He lost his left arm during an altercation in Madrid in 1899. Valle inclán became well known in the literary circles of Madrid and Rome, in which cities he resided. He had studied at the University of Santiago de Compostela, and …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…revealed his art and personal style: poetical, evocative, and delightful. A dreamy and nostalgic world of perfumes and fantasies fused in these novels with the story of the hero's many loves. Tone and style interested Valle Inclán most, not content; he absorbed other writers' material and style but imprinted on his own works his special musical, elegant, and quasi-romantic style. He was above all a poet even when writing prose, and some critics consider him the leading novelist of the Spanish modernist movement. Further Reading The reader should consult Aubrey F. G. Bell, Contemporary Spanish Literature (1925; rev. ed. 1933), and the equally excellent treatment of Valle Inclán in L. A. Warren, Modern Spanish Literature, vol. 1 (1929). For a Spaniard's eulogistic view see Salvador de Madariaga, The Genius of Spain (1923), and also the more recent book by Richard E. Chandler and Kessel Schwartz, A New History of Spanish Literature (1961). |