José Zorrilla y Moral

José Zorrilla y Moral (born Feb. 21, 1817, Valladolid, Spain—died Jan. 23, 1893, Madrid) was a poet and dramatist, the major figure of the nationalist wing of the Spanish Romantic movement. His work was enormously popular and is now regarded as quintessentially Spanish in style and tone. After studying law at Toledo and Valladolid, Zorilla y Moral left the university and went to Madrid to devote himself to literature. In 1837 he became an overnight...