Author
Washington Irving
American writer, historian and diplomat (1783–1859)
📅 1783–1859 · 18th century📚 11 titlesEN 6ES 5
Biography
Washington Irving was an American writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He wrote the short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of the writer Oliver Goldsmith, Islamic prophet Muhammad, and also first U.S. president George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with topics such as the Alhambra palace, the arrival of Europeans in the Americas and Christopher Columbus, and the Reconquista. Irving served as the American ambassador to Spain in the 1840s.
Biography in Spanish
Washington Irving fue un escritor y diplomático estadounidense. Ejerció como embajador de los Estados Unidos en la España de Isabel II entre 1842 y 1846, coincidienco con la Regencia de Espartero y la Década moderada. Es uno de los máximos representantes de la literatura romántica de su país y un preclaro exponente del hispanismo en los Estados Unidos.
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