Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

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born

February 17, 1836 in Seville, Spain

died

December 22, 1870

gender

male

genre

Poetry, Short Stories, Nonfiction

influences

Lord Byron, William Shakespeare, José Zorrilla, Victor Hugo, Mariano J ...more

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Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, was a Spanish post-romanticist writer of poetry, short stories, and nonfiction now considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature. He adopted the alias of Bécquer as his brother Valeriano Bécquer, a painter, had done earlier. He was associated with the post-romanticism movement and wrote while realism was enjoying success in Spain. He was moderately well known during his life, but it was after his death that most of his works were published.

He is best known for his intimate, lyrical poems and for his legends; more importantly, he is remembered for the verbal decor with which he impregnated everything he wrote. A Romantic poet above all else, Bécqu...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 962 ratings · 45 reviews · 47 distinct works

	Rimas Y Leyendas 4.05 avg rating — 567 ratings — published 1871 — 39 editions	My rating:
	Rimas - Bequer 3.93 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1972 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Leyendas 3.82 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1967 — 24 editions	My rating:
	Rimas, Leyendas y Narraciones (Sepan Cuantos, #17) 4.09 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1983 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Rimas/Leyendas/Cartas literarias a una mujer/Desde mi celda by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo Becquer 4.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Rimas, Narraciones Y Leyendas/Ryhmes,Narratives 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Leyendas 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	The Poems of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer: A Metrical Linear Translation by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Henry W. Sullivan (Translator) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Rimas Leyendas: Cartas Desde Mi Celda by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Adolfo Gustavo Becquer 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	My rating:
	Cartas desde mi celda 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

“¿Qué es poesía? --dices mientras clavas
en mi pupila tu pupila azul.
¿Qué es poesía? ¿Y tú me lo preguntas?
Poesía... eres tú.”
― Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

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“¡Los suspiros son aire y van al aire!
¡Las lágrimas son agua y van al mar!
Dime, mujer, cuando el amor se olvida
¿sabes tú adónde va?”
― Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

tags: love , poetry , spanish

9 people liked it

“El alma que hablar puede con los ojos también puede besar con la mirada.”
― Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

tags: inspirational , love

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