Gustavo Adolfo Becquer was one of Spain's most important poets of
the 19th century, and the instigator of a new Spanish version of
Romanticism, influenced by German models such as Heine. Born in
Seville in 1836, the son of an artist of Flemish origin, he lived
only 34 years, but in that time created a hugely influential body
of verse (his Rimas, or Rhymes) as well as several short fictions
(the Leyendas, or Legends). His other works include a remarkable
series of letters, or epistolary fictions, published as Desde mi
celda (From My Cell). Orphaned at the age of five, Becquer was
raised by an elderly, and childless, uncle. A talented artist
himself - as was also his brother, Valeriano - he became a pupil at
a local studio in Seville, but gave this up in favour of a literary
career, heading for Madrid at the age of eighteen, full of hope. He
obtained a minor post in the civil-service, thanks to his uncle's
influence, but was not cut out for such a routine job and was
dismissed. For some time thereafter he was a typical Bohemian
artist, living on very little while trying to write, and scratching
a small income from the translation of foreign novels, and from
part-time journalism.Towards the end of his life he obtained
another government post, as a censor, but when he died, it was in
considerable poverty, suffering from pneumonia and liver problems.
His work was only published posthumously, thanks to the efforts of
his friends.
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