Mariano José de Larra

Mariano José de Larra was born in Madrid in 1809. His father, a military doctor who had sided with King Joseph Bonaparte, had to leave Spain with his family, who returned only a few years later. A satirical journalist from the end of the 1820s, he wrote under several pseudonyms, including Fígaro, and took advantage of the greater freedom of the press after the death of Ferdinand VII. He was elected deputy for Ávila. After the final break with Dolores Armijo, he took his own life in Madrid on 13 February 1837.

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• ChronicleFígaro. Colección de artículosMariano José de Larra · 1835not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain