Vicente Antonio García de la Huerta

Vicente Antonio García de la Huerta ( born March 9, 1734 Zafra, † March 12, 1787 in Madrid) was a Spanish poet and critic.

Vicente Garcia de la Huerta ( pron. uérta ), studied at the University of Salamanca and then went to Madrid, where he first made ​​known by several successful translations and some original poems.

He appeared as a fierce opponent of French classicism, proved to be in his own little works consistently. His tragedy Raquel (1778 ); in Ochoa's Teatro español (Vol. 5, Paris 1838), which is treated the love of King Alfonso VIII to the beautiful Jewess, Rachel, and still appreciated by the Spaniards, he suffered a brief banishment to Oran.

Called back again, he became senior official of the royal library, a member of the Spanish Academy and other learned societies. He died on March 12, 1787 in Madrid.

His poems, partly lyrical, partly dramatic genre characterized by poetic content, and especially by good versification. Through his Teatro español ( Madrid 1785-86, 17 vols ), a selection of older Spanish dramas, he strove to arouse the public's taste for the old national drama again.

The Electra of Sophocles he edited under the title: Agamemnon vengado. Huertas seals are collected in Obras poeticas (Madrid 1778-79, 2 vols, also reprinted in the Biblioteca de autores españolesBd 61. ). In addition, one has from it a Biblioteca militar española ( Madrid. 1760).

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  • Born in 1734
  • Died in 1787
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