Armando Palacio Valdés facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Armando Palacio Valdés
Photograph from Nuevo Mundo [es] by Manuel Compañy [es]
Born	Armando Francisco Bonifacio Palacio y Rodríguez-Valdés (1853-10-04)4 October 1853 Entralgo, Spain
Died	29 January 1938(1938-01-29) (aged 84) Madrid, Spain
Language	Spanish
Nationality	Spanish
Genres	novels, short stories
Seat k of the Real Academia Española
In office 12 December 1920 – 29 January 1938
Preceded by	José María de Pereda
Succeeded by	Ángel González Palencia [es]

Armando Francisco Bonifacio Palacio y Rodríguez-Valdés (born October 4, 1853 – died January 29, 1938) was a famous Spanish writer. He wrote many novels and was also a literary critic.

About Armando Palacio Valdés

Armando Palacio Valdés was born in a place called Entralgo, in Asturias, Spain. This was on October 4, 1853. His father, Silverio Palacio y Cárcaba, was a lawyer. His mother, Eduarda Rodríguez-Valdés y Alas, came from a noble family. Armando was the oldest of their children. Interestingly, his brothers, Atanasio and Leopoldo, also became writers!

Early Career and Writings

Armando started his writing journey in a magazine called Revista Europea. He wrote smart and funny essays that people really liked. Because his writing was so popular, he soon became the editor of the Revista.

His best critical writings were put together in books like Los Oradores del Ateneo (1878) and Los Novelistas españoles (1878). He also wrote Nuevo viaje al Parnaso and La Literatura en 1881 (1882) with his brother, Leopoldo Alas.

Famous Novels

In 1881, Armando published his first novel, El señorito Octavio. This book showed how good he was at noticing details about people.

His novel Marta y María (1883) became very popular. It tells a story about someone trying to choose between a religious life and earthly desires.

More Popular Stories

• El Idilio de un enfermo (1884) was a very personal story, almost like a diary.
• José (1885) painted a realistic picture of people who work on the sea. It had strong characters named José and Leonarda.
• Riverita (1886) was a charming story. One of its characters became the main hero in Maximina (1887).
• From Maximina, a character then appeared in La Hermana San Sulpicio (1889). This book had romantic descriptions of Seville, a city in Spain.
• El Cuarto poder (1888) was about the world of journalism.

Later, Armando wrote Los Majos de Cádiz (1896) and La Alegría del Capitán Ribot (1899). In these books, and especially in Tristán, ó el pesimismo (1906), he showed his unique writing style. He became known as a writer who could deeply understand feelings and observe people with humor and kindness.

Royal Spanish Academy

Armando Palacio Valdés was chosen to be a member of the Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy) on May 3, 1906. This is a very important group that looks after the Spanish language. He officially took his seat on December 12, 1920.

In 1935, some of his short stories were translated into English. Armando Palacio Valdés passed away on January 29, 1938.

Works

Marta y María, a famous novel by Armando Palacio Valdés. This cover was designed by Amado González Hevia [es], known as "Favila".

See Also

In Spanish: Armando Palacio Valdés para niños

In English

• Literary realism: General vision of the movement
• Spanish literature: Evolution of Spanish literature

In Spanish

• wikisource:es:Armando Palacio Valdés
• Literatura española del Realismo