Ventura Ruiz Aguilera

Ventura Ruiz Aguilera (1820–1881) was a Spanish lyric poet, called "the Spanish Béranger.”

Ventura Ruiz Aguilera

Biography

He was born in 1820 at Salamanca, where he graduated in medicine. He moved to Madrid in 1844, where he engaged in political journalism and later occupied important official positions under the liberal ministries. Aguilera became director of the National Archaeological Museum at Madrid, where he died on 1 July 1881.[1]

Writing

Aguilera won considerable popularity with a collection of poems entitled Ecos Nacionales (1849).[1] In this work, and in the journals he edited or controlled, he endeavored to arouse the masses to a sense of their national dignity. His Elegías y armonías (1863) was no less successful than the Ecos, but his Sátiras (1874) and Estaciones del año (1879) showed that his powers were declining.[1] Several collections of his prose writings, which consisted mostly of short novels, have been published. Selections from his poems were published under the respective titles Inspiraciones (1865) and Poesías (1880).

He wrote under the obvious influence of Lamartine, preaching the gospel of liberalism and Christianity in verses which, though deficient in force, leave the impression of a sincere devotion and a charming personality.[1]

Works
  • El grito de la conciencia[2]
  • Del agua mansa nos libre Dios, 1847
  • Bernardo de Saldaña, 1848[3]
  • Un conspirador de a folio, 1848[4]
  • Camino de Portugal, 1849[5]
  • La limosna y el perdón, 1853
  • El beso de Judas, 1860
  • Obras poéticas. Elegías, 1862[6]
  • Proverbios ejemplares, 1864[7]
  • Armonías y cantares, 1865[8]
  • El mundo al revés, 1865, 2 v.[9]
  • Inspiraciones: poesías selectas, 1865 [10]
  • La arcadia moderna, 1867[11]
  • Cuentos del día, 1868[12]
  • Balada de Cataluña, 1868[13]
  • El libro de la patria, 1869[14]
  • La leyenda de Noche-Buena, 1872[15]
  • Las estaciones del año, 1879[16]

Notes
  1. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aguilera, Ventura Ruiz". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 428.
  2. El grito de la conciencia: drama original y en tres actos BDH, BNE.
  3. Bernardo de Saldaña: drama histórico tradicional en tres actos y en verso BDH, BNE.
  4. Un conspirador de a folio: novela burlesca BDH, BDE.
  5. Camino de Portugal: drama en un acto, original y en verso BDH, BNE.
  6. Obras poéticas. Elegías BDH, BNE.
  7. Proverbios ejemplares BDH, BNE.
  8. Armonías y cantares BDH, BNE.
  9. El mundo al revés: novela de costumbres BDH, BNE.
  10. Inspiraciones: poesías selectas BDH, BNE.
  11. La arcadia moderna: colección de églogas e idilios realistas y de epígramas BDH, BNE.
  12. Cuentos del día BDE, BNE.
  13. "Balada de Cataluña" BDH, BNE.
  14. El libro de la patria: nuevos ecos nacionales, baladas y cantares BDH, BNE.
  15. La leyenda de Noche-Buena Open Library.
  16. Las estaciones del año BDH, BNE.

References
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