José Cadalso

male, deceased (1782)
SpanishEnlightenmentliterature, neoclassical, Don Sancho Garcia, Conde de Castilla, tragedy, spanish, cadiz
José de Cadalso y Vázquez, Spanish neoclassical author, was born at Cádiz on the 8th of October 1741. Before completing his twentieth year he had...

Ramón de la Cruz

male, deceased (1794)
SpanishEnlightenmentliterature, neoclassical, Don Ramón de la Cruz y sus obras, spanish, clerk, dramatist
Ramón de la Cruz, Spanish neoclassical dramatist, was born at Madrid. He was a clerk in the ministry of finance, and is the author of three h...
Félix María de Samaniego

Félix María de Samaniego

male, deceased (1801)
SpanishEnlightenmentliterature, neoclassical, valladolid, spanish, fable, Fabulist
Félix María de Samaniego was a Spanish neoclassical fabulist, educated at Valladolid. A government appointment was secured for him by his uncle th...
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

male, deceased (1811)
SpanishEnlightenmentliterature, neoclassical, asturias, peninsular war, majorca, age of enlightenment
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and main figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain, was born at...

Juan Meléndez Valdés

male, deceased (1817)
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, SpanishEnlightenmentliterature, neoclassical, Saragossa, thomson, montpellier…spanish
Juan Meléndez Valdés was a Spanish neoclassical poet. He was born at Ribera del Fresno, Badajoz. Destined by his parents for the priesthood, he gr...

Leandro Fernández de Moratín

male, deceased (1828)
SpanishEnlightenmentliterature, afrancesado, supporter, spanish inquisition, Neoclassicism, The Enlightenment…spanish, Spanish Enlightenment
Leandro Fernández de Moratín was a Spanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet. He was the son of Nicolás Fernández de Moratín (1737...

Benito Jerónimo Feijoo E Montenegro

male, deceased (1764)
SpanishEnlightenmentliterature, neoclassical, Benedictine, theology, galicia, spanish
Benito Jerónimo Feijoo y Montenegro was a Galician (Spain) neoclassical monk and scholar noted for encouraging scientific thought in Galicia and S...
Tomás De Iriarte Y Oropesa

Tomás De Iriarte Y Oropesa

male, deceased (1791)
SpanishEnlightenmentliterature, neoclassical, puerto de la cruz, tenerife, Playwright, spanish
Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa ("Puerto de la Cruz", La Orotava, island of Tenerife, September 18, 1750 Madrid, September 17, 1791), Spanish n...