Leopoldo Alas "Clarín"

Leopoldo Alas, who signed as Clarín, was born in Zamora in 1852 to Asturian parents, and moved to Oviedo as a child. A doctor of law from Madrid, where he began in journalism, he taught in Zaragoza and then, from 1883, at the University of Oviedo, where he held the chair of Roman law. His biting critical articles made him one of the most feared voices in the literary press and earned him many enemies. He wrote only two completed novels, and many short narratives. He died in Oviedo in 1901.

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• NovelLa RegentaLeopoldo Alas "Clarín" · 1884LiteraturePublic domain