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MESONERO See also:ROMANOS , See also:RAM&N DE (1803-1882), See also:Spanish See also:prose-writer, was See also:born at See also:Madrid on the 19th of See also:July 1803, and at an See also:early See also:age became interested in the See also:history and See also:topography of his native See also:city. His See also:Manual de Madrid (1831) was published when literature was at a See also:low ebb in See also:Spain; but the author's curious researches and See also:direct See also:style charmed the public, and next See also:year, in a See also:review entitled Cartas espanolas, under the See also:pseudonym of " El Curioso parlante," he began a See also:series of articles on the social See also:life of the See also:capital which were subsequently collected and called See also:Panorama matritense (1835-1836). Mesonero Romanos was elected to the Spanish See also:Academy in 1838 and, though he continued to write, had somewhat outlived his fame when he issued his pleasing autobiography, Memorias de un setentSn, natural y vecino de Madrid (188o). He died at Madrid on the 30th of See also:April 1882, shortly after the publication of his Obras completas (8 vols., 4to, 1881). End of Article: MESONERO ROMANOSAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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