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Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de

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Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de (1833–1891)

Spanish journalist and writer. The acclaimed Diario/Diary (1859) was based upon his experiences as a soldier in Morocco. His novel El sombrero de tres picos/The Three-Cornered Hat (1874; translated 1905) was the basis of Manuel de Falla's ballet of the same name.

Alarcón's other novels, including El escándalo/The Scandal (1875), El niño de la bola/The Infant with the Globe (1880; translated 1955), and El capitán veneno/Captain Spitfire (1881; translated 1886), project a romanticized picture of traditional Spanish life. He intervened in political life in defence of conservative values.



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