Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Leopoldo Alas
Born: April 25, 1852
Died: June 13, 1901 (aged 49)
Bio: Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña, also known as Clarín, was an Spanish realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo.
Known for:
- La regenta (1885)
- Doña Berta (1892)
- El gallo de Sócrates (1901)
- His Only Son: With Dona Berta