5, 1936, santiago de compostela) was a spanish novelist, dramatist, and poet who combined a sensuous use of language with bitter social satire. During various periods of his life he also worked as a journalist, short story writer and essayist In reality, his university training was in law — a career with which he never felt completely comfortable. Consequently, he dropped out of school just after his father's death in the early 1890s. So he created his own genre of esperpento, ‘an aesthetic criterion that distorts systematically’. His work is characterized by a radical approach to drama, aiming to subvert the traditionalism of spanish drama [6†].
His novels have so many dialogues that they resemble dramas, and his plays have stage directions that seem like real narratives Sometimes, he cared so much about rhythm and musicality that his work seems like genuine poetry. They do a tour through chile, paraguay, uruguay and bolivia, and the galician writer takes advantage of the situation to give some conferences on literature in the spanish language. This style expresses the tragic meaning of spanish life, which valle considered to be a ‘grotesque deformation’ of european civilization He held several administrative and teaching appointments, which allowed him to dedicate his life to writing while providing for his wife and five children.
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