Agustín Durán

Agustín Durán ( born October 14, 1789 in Madrid, † December 1, 1862 in Madrid) was a Spanish literary scholars.

Agustín Durán first visited the seminary of Vergara, then dedicated himself to philosophical and legal studies and became a lawyer, but soon returned to philosophy and drove way with zeal historical and political science, but especially literature and history studies. A place at the Directorate General, which he had received in 1821, he lost after the Restoration 1823. For this he was secretary of the 1834 inspection of the printing and the book trade of the kingdom, in 1836 chief librarian of the Royal Library at Madrid.

Suspended a result of the September 1840 revolution, although he was in 1843 but in his position again, and in 1854 was appointed director of the library and at the same time as a member of the Spanish Academy. He died on 1 December 1862 in Madrid.

Duran's writings were epoch-making for the latest development history of the Spanish national literature. His anonymously published Discurso sobre la del teatro decadencia español ( Madrid 1828 ) and his Colección de Romanceros y cancioneros (Madrid 1828-32, 5 volumes), whose second edition Romancero general, (Madrid 1849-51, 2 volumes) as a new plant look at is finally his collection old Spanish comedies that Talla española (Madrid 1834, 3 volumes), have contributed significantly to the awakening of national sentiment and love of folk poetry. Even by larger papers in journals as well as by the introduction to the Salnetes de Ramón de la Cruz (Madrid 1843) proved to Durán as a connoisseur of old Spanish stage. In addition, he had also earned a name through their own seals, especially the texts drawn up in the language poet of the 15th century fairytale Las tres Toronjas del verjel de amor (Madrid 1856) under which deserves highlighting.

Agustín Durán was the uncle of Antonio Machado.