Enrique Gil y Carrasco

Enrique Gil y Carrasco was born in 1815 in Villafranca del Bierzo. After the seminary of Astorga and law studies in Valladolid, he went to Madrid in 1836 against his family's wishes and entered Espronceda's circle, who read one of his poems in public. A journalist, poet and critic, he obtained a post at the National Library. Suffering from tuberculosis, he had to return to Ponferrada in 1839 to recover. Appointed in 1844 secretary of the Spanish legation in Prussia, to re-establish relations between the two countries, he died in Berlin in 1846.

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• NovelThe Lord of BembibreEl señor de BembibreEnrique Gil y Carrasco · 1844LiteraturePublic domain