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José de Vargas Ponce

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José de Vargas
Portrait by Goya, 1805
Born
José de Vargas Ponce

(1760-06-10)10 June 1760
Cádiz, Spain
Died6 February 1821(1821-02-06) (aged 60)
Madrid, Spain
Seat K of the Real Academia Española
In office
March 1814 – 6 February 1821
Preceded byAntonio de Porlier
Succeeded byJuan Bautista Arriaza

José de Vargas Ponce (Cádiz, 10 June 1760 – 6 February 1821) was a Spanish erudite, satirical poet and writer.

He was elected to seat K of the Real Academia Española, he took up his seat in March 1814.[1]

Works

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  • Praise of Alfonso the Wise, 1782.
  • Descriptions of the Islands and Balearic Pithiusas, 1787.
  • Declamation on abuses introduced into the Castilian, presented and awarded at the Spanish Academy, 1791.
  • Proclamation of a bachelor, 1827, burlesque poem in octaves.
  • Dissertation on bullfighting, written in 1807 and published in London, by the Royal Academy of History in 1961.
  • Description of Cartagena, Murcia, 1978
  • Lucio Marineo Siculus Life
  • Abdalaziz and Egilona, neoclassical tragedy.

References

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  1. ^ "José de Vargas - letra K". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.