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Benito was born the 10 of May of 1843 in Gran Canaria. Galdos was a Spanish novelist, playwright and politician. And he transformed the novel by adding expressiveness. -
He entered in the San Juan school where a pedagogy that was quite advanced for the time was applied. -
He began to collaborate in the local press writing satirical poetry, essays and some short stories. -
He obtained the degree of arts bachiller thanks to his talent for drawing and his creativity. -
He arrived in Madrid and enrolled in the University of Law where he met many artists and intellectuals of the time. -
Then, he began writing for the newspapers "La Nación" and "El Debate” -
The publication of the first series of National Episodes begins. -
He began to travel around Europe as a press correspondent and on one of these trips he became acquainted with the literary movement known as realism. -
The book covers the struggles between absolutists and liberals until the death of Fernando VII in 1833. -
He participated in the politics of his time and was elected deputy to the Cortes in 1886, always for republican parties. -
Benito was a member of the RAE since 1987 and was nominated for the novel prize of literature. In relation to his political life, it is worth mentioning that he accepted several times to be a deputy. -
Galdós continued with the third series, dedicated to the first Carlist War (1833-1840). -
It takes place between the Revolution of 1848 and the fall of Isabella II in 1868. Constitutes one of the most important works of Spanish literature of all times. -
The last years of his life were painful. He was highly criticized and had difficulties to be elected as a member of the RAE. He also suffered economic problems. -
In 1912 he became blind -
finally died January 4 of 1920 ruined and blind in Madrid.