Eugenio de Ochoa

Eugenio de Ochoa y Montel, spr. otschoa, ( born April 19, 1815 in Bayonne, France, † February 29, 1872 in Madrid) was a Spanish poet, critic and political writer of the Romantic period.

Eugenio de Ochoa was a student at the Instituto San Mateo, later moving to Instituto San Tomas in Madrid. At 14, he got a scholarship from the Spanish King Ferdinand VII and was the École des arts et des métiers in Paris visit. During this time, he had incidentally concerned with the painting.

His plan to become a painter, Eugenio de Ochoa gave up after an eye disease and returned back to Madrid in 1834. There he made the acquaintance of Alberto Lista and these hired him for his magazine " Gaceta de Madrid ". It was not until the events of La Granja prompted him to go back to Paris. There, de Ochoa worked mainly in publishing Baudry and there looked to the publication of Spanish classics deserves. With anthologies such as " Tesoro de autores españoles " he was instrumental in the dissemination of Spanish literature in Europe.

1844 Eugenio de Ochoa returned back to Madrid, and was appointed as a librarian at the National Library. In the same year the Real Academia Española appointed him to their member. A short time later, he was also a member of the Real Academia de la Historia. Politically engaged he was entrusted in the following year with the Office of the District President in Huesca. In 1847 he moved from the National Library of the Spanish State Printing Office, of which he was for a short time as director. Then his career took him to the Ministry of Education, where he served as bureau chief. This office he resigned when he was later elected as a deputy in the Cortes.

Queen Isabella II appointed de Ochoa in 1851 to the "real chamberlain ". About 20 years later, Eugenio de Ochoa moved gradually returned to private life and died seven weeks before his 57th birthday on 29 February 1872 in Madrid.

Reception

The literary work of Eugenio de Ochoa consists to a large part of the literature of historical, critical and political articles which he published in various journals, partly edited by himself. Some Plays ( dramas ), and stories and poems. As a translator, had for the most part of ( and in ) the French language and as editor, he contributed much to the spread of classical literature of Spain in Europe.

Works (selection)

  • Ecos del alma. ( Poems)
  • Iñigo Lopez de Santillana: works.
  • Hernan Perez de Pulgar: works.
  • Spanish manuscripts in libraries of Paris. Paris 1844 ( commissioned for Louis Philippe I. ).
  • Epistolario español. In: Biblioteca de autores españoles. Vol 13 and Vol 42

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  • Journalist (Spain )
  • Author
  • Critic
  • Member of the Real Academia Española
  • Member of the Real Academia de la Historia
  • Spaniard
  • Born in 1815
  • Died in 1872
  • Man
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