![]() ![]() ![]() In the Autumn and Winter Sonatas the Marquis of Bradomin evokes two episodes of his life which are linked to women and love as befits a man who pleases himself in the role of a Don Juan. ![]() Ramón del Valle-Inclán died in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, in January 1936. In addition he made translations from Portuguese, French and Italian. Novela de tierra caliente: 1926) –, poetry and essays. Today the prolific author is most famous for his innovative theatre plays like Divine Words ( Divinas palabras: 1919), Bohemian Lights ( Luces de Bohemia: 1920) or The Grotesque Farce of Mr.Punch the Cuckold ( Los Cuernos De Don Friolera: 1921), but he also produced numerous novels – the internationally best known among them Tyrant Banderas ( Tirano Banderas. With time his style became more sober, critical, even grotesque. His breakthrough as an author he made with works in the modernist tradition like Spring and Summer Sonatas ( Sonata de primavera: 1904 Sonata de estío: 1903) and Autumn and Winter Sonatas ( Sonata de otoño: 1902 Sonata de invierno: 1905) which were later published in one volume as The Memoirs of the Marquis of Bradomin ( Memorias del Marqués de Bradomín or simply Sonatas). Following his father’s wish he studied law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, but he preferred to pass his time in cafés and writing for different periodicals, especially after his father’s death in 1890. Ramón or Ramón María del Valle-Inclán was born Ramón José Simón Valle y Peña in Villanueva de Arosa, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain, in October 1866. ![]()
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