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December 18 – The Russian literary weekly Niva («Ни́ва», "Cornfield") is first published by Adolf Marks in Saint Petersburg. [9] unknown date – Construction of the David Sassoon Library in Bombay, India, is completed. [10]
Carmen de Icaza, 8th Baroness of Claret's novel Cristina Guzman, profesora de idiomas, was first published in Blanco y Negro in August 1936. [7] The weekly also published articles by Hilda de Toledano (literary pseudonym of Maria Pia of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Braganza ), a writer and famous pretender to the throne of Portugal .
Bibliografía general española e hispano-americana (in Spanish), 1923–1942, OCLC 1112967; El libro espanol (in Spanish), Madrid: Instituto Nacional del Libro Español, OCLC 243469877 1958-Fernando Cendán Pazos (1974). Historia del derecho español de prensa e imprenta (1502-1966) [History of the Spanish press and publications law] (in ...
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The Spanish–American War, known in Spain as the Disaster of the 98 or War of Cuba, arose between Spain and the United States in 1898, during the regency of María Cristina, widow of the king Alfonso XII. For Spain it meant the loss of the overseas colonies and the end of the formerly powerful Spanish empire.
February – The journal Science is first published in the United States, with financial backing from Thomas Edison. [1]April – Publication in France of Les Soirées de Médan, a collection of six Naturalist short stories set during the Franco-Prussian War by six authors who frequent Émile Zola's home, including Guy de Maupassant's first, "Boule de Suif", which launches his career.
Juan Barcia Caballero (1852–1926), Spanish physician and writer; Pío Baroja (1872–1956), novelist of the Generation of '98; Pedro Barrantes (1850–1912), writer, journalist; Joaquín Bastús (1799–1873), writer and pedagogue; Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870), romantic poet and tale writer; Diego Beltrán Hidalgo (17th century ...
Spanish prose gained popularity in the mid-thirteenth century when King Alfonso X of Castile gave support and recognition to the writing form. He, with the help of his groups of intellectuals, directed the composition of many prose works including Las siete partidas, the first