Ramon del Valle-Inclan
Spanish author whose modernist prose and dramatic esperpento style transformed Spanish fiction and theater. The Tyrant Banderas and his Carlist Wars trilogy are among the most stylistically innovative works in the Spanish language.
Works
- The Tyrant BanderasSatirical novel of dictatorship and colonial violence in a fictional Spanish American republic
- Sonata de OtonoDecadent novella in Spanish exploring memories of a lost love and melancholy autumn
- Sonata de PrimaveraDecadent novella set in spring celebrating romantic passion and aesthetic sensuality
- Divinas palabrasSpanish drama about carnival transgression and the profane in religious communities
- Tirano BanderasSatirical novel of dictatorship and colonial violence in a fictional Spanish American state