Eugenio Sellés y Ángel, Marquess of Gerona and Viscount of Castro and Orozco (8 April 1842 - 12 October 1926) was a Spanish writer, journalist, playwright and politician.

Life

Eugenio Sellés was born in

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. His father, Pedro Sellés y Garrido, was a magistrate in the city, with other duties and appointments also necessitated a substantial amount of travelling to other Spanish cities. Through his mother, Francisca de Paula Ángel y Castro, Eugenio was a member of the nobility, descended from Governor Mariano Álvarez de Castro. He studied Law at the Royal College in Granada, before qualifying at Madrid in 1862. Shortly afterwards he received a further qualification in

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and embarked on a legal career as a prosecutor in

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. In 1869 he switched to political journalism. He supported Sagasta's

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, contributing to newspapers and periodicals such as La Iberia, La Revolución, El Universal,

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, El Pueblo, El Globo and

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. During the regency under

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, Sellés was the governor of

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and

. With the restoration he switched again, pursuing a vocation as a dramatist, emerging as a leading disciple of

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, albeit with a quite different dramatic style. On 2 June 1895 he was appointed a member of the

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, delivering his inaugural address on the subject of Journalism (''"El periodismo"''). He also headed up the literary section of the Madrid Athenæum. Eugenio Sellés married Avelina de Rivas y Cano. Their daughter, Elisa Sellés y Rivas, was born on 16 May 1885.

Theatrical works (not a complete list)

*''La torre de Talavera'' (1877) *''El nudo gordiano'' (1878) *''Las vengadoras'' (1884) *''La vida pública'' (1885). *''La mujer de Lot'' (1896). *''Ícara'', (1910). *''Maldades que son justicias''. *''El cielo y el suelo''. *''Las esculturas de carne''. *''La balada de la luz'' (1900),

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, music by

Amadeu Vives Amadeu Vives i Roig (; 18 November 1871 – 2 December 1932) was a Spanish musical composer, creator of over a hundred stage works. He is best known for '' Doña Francisquita'', which Christopher Webber has praised for its "easy lyricism, flue ...

. *''Campanas y cornetas'' (1902),

, music by

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. *''La Barcarola'', 1901,

, music by Amadeu Vives. *''La Nube'', 1902,

, music by Amadeu Vives. *''El Corneta de la partida'', 1903,

, music by

. *''Guardia de honor'', 1905,

, music by

Ruperto Chapí Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (27 March 1851 – 25 March 1909) was a Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers. Biography Chapí was born at Villena, the son of a loc ...

. *''Amor en capilla'', 1908,

, music by de Ruperto Chapí.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Selles, Eugenio 19th-century Spanish writers 19th-century Spanish male writers 20th-century Spanish writers 20th-century Spanish male writers Spanish dramatists and playwrights Members of the Royal Spanish Academy Spanish journalists 19th-century Spanish politicians Marquesses of Spain Viscounts of Spain People from the Province of Granada University of Granada alumni 1842 births 1926 deaths