Leopoldo Alas
Leopoldo Alas "Clarín" | |
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| Born | Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña 25 April 1852 Zamora, Spain |
| Died | 13 June 1901 (aged 49) Oviedo, Spain |
| Pen name | Clarín |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, journalist, critic, professor |
Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña (25 April 1852 – 13 June 1901), also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist and journalist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as paliques (“chitchat”), as well as his advocacy of liberalism and anti-clericalism, made him a formidable and controversial critical voice. He died in Oviedo.