Juan Bautista Arriaza

Don Juan Bautista Arriaza y Superviela ( born February 27, 1770 in Madrid, † January 22, 1837 ibid ) was Spanish statesman and poet.

Arriaza y Superviela was educated at the military academy in Segovia. Subsequently, he joined the Diplomatic Corps in his country and got a job in 1798 as a legation secretary in the embassy in Paris; later he moved to London in the same function.

End of 1807, after the secret convention of Fontainebleau, Arriaza y Superviela returned to Spain and took part in the war against Napoleon. He was henceforth a devotee of absolute monarchy, which is why he was named King Ferdinand VII to his advice and Cabinet Secretary, ex officio proceedings for the Foreign Office and the Chamberlain and Knight.

Arriaza y Superviela died five weeks before his 67th birthday on January 22, 1837 in Madrid.

Reception

Arriaza y Supervielas political activity, the principles of which he has uttered in the patrioticos Discursos, went with the poetic hand in hand. As a poet is Arriaza master of form, less original genius.

Works (selection)

  • Las Primicias. 6th Ed Madrid 1829-32 ( 2 vols ).
  • Emilia. Madrid 1803 ( a didactic poem descriptive ).
  • Cantos Patrióticos. 3rd edition, Madrid 1815 (especially the embers and peppy songs, which cheered the Spanish guerrillas to death struggle against the French ).
  • Profecia del Pirineo. Madrid 1808 ( a political Ode, which is tantamount to force and effect of the Marseillaise ).
  • Ferdinand Wolf ( ed.): Floresta de rimas modernas castellanas. Paris 1837 ( 2 vols, here specifically Vol 2, a selection of lyric poems).
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