Ventura Ruiz Aguilera (1820–1881) was a Spanish lyric poet, called "the Spanish Béranger.”
Biography He was born in 1820 at Salamanca, where he graduated in medicine. He moved to Madrid in 1844, where he engaged in political journalism and later occupied important official positions under the liberal ministries. Aguilera became director of the National Archaeological Museum at Madrid, where he died on 1 July 1881.
Writing Aguilera won considerable popularity with a collection of poems entitled Ecos Nacionales (1849). In this work, and in the journals he edited or controlled, he endeavored to arouse the masses to a sense of their national dignity. His Elegías y armonías (1863) was no less successful than the Ecos, but his Sátiras (1874) and Estaciones del año (1879) showed that his powers were declining. Several collections of his prose writings, which consisted mostly of short novels, have been published. Selections from his poems were published under the respective titles Inspiraciones (1865) and Poesías (1880).
He wrote under the obvious influence of Lamartine, preaching the gospel of liberalism and Christianity in verses which, though deficient in force, leave the impression of a sincere devotion and a charming personality.
Works El grito de la concienciaEl grito de la conciencia: drama original y en tres actos BDH, BNE. Del agua mansa nos libre Dios, 1847 Bernardo de Saldaña, 1848Bernardo de Saldaña: drama histórico tradicional en tres actos y en verso BDH, BNE. Un conspirador de a folio, 1848Un conspirador de a folio: novela burlesca BDH, BDE. Camino de Portugal, 1849Camino de Portugal: drama en un acto, original y en verso BDH, BNE. La limosna y el perdón, 1853 El beso de Judas, 1860 Obras poéticas. Elegías, 1862Obras poéticas. Elegías BDH, BNE. Proverbios ejemplares, 1864Proverbios ejemplares BDH, BNE. Armonías y cantares, 1865Armonías y cantares BDH, BNE. El mundo al revés, 1865, 2 v.El mundo al revés: novela de costumbres BDH, BNE. Inspiraciones: poesías selectas, 1865 Inspiraciones: poesías selectas BDH, BNE. La arcadia moderna, 1867La arcadia moderna: colección de églogas e idilios realistas y de epígramas BDH, BNE. Cuentos del día, 1868Cuentos del día BDE, BNE. Balada de Cataluña, 1868"Balada de Cataluña" BDH, BNE. El libro de la patria, 1869El libro de la patria: nuevos ecos nacionales, baladas y cantares BDH, BNE. La leyenda de Noche-Buena, 1872La leyenda de Noche-Buena Open Library. Las estaciones del año, 1879Las estaciones del año BDH, BNE.
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