José de Vargas Ponce

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Ponce.
The Most Excellent
José de Vargas
Portrait by Goya, 1805
Born
José de Vargas Ponce

(1760-06-10)10 June 1760
Cádiz, Spain
Died6 February 1821(1821-02-06) (aged 60)
Madrid, Spain
Seat K of the Real Academia Española
In office
March 1814 – 6 February 1821
Preceded byAntonio de Porlier
Succeeded byJuan Bautista Arriaza

José de Vargas Ponce (Cádiz, 10 June 1760 – 6 February 1821) was a Spanish erudite, satirical poet and writer.

He was elected to seat K of the Real Academia Española, he took up his seat in March 1814.[1]

Works

  • Praise of Alfonso the Wise, 1782.
  • Descriptions of the Islands and Balearic Pithiusas, 1787.
  • Declamation on abuses introduced into the Castilian, presented and awarded at the Spanish Academy, 1791.
  • Proclamation of a bachelor, 1827, burlesque poem in octaves.
  • Dissertation on bullfighting, written in 1807 and published in London, by the Royal Academy of History in 1961.
  • Description of Cartagena, Murcia, 1978
  • Lucio Marineo Siculus Life
  • Abdalaziz and Egilona, neoclassical tragedy.

References

  1. ^ "José de Vargas - letra K". Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2023.


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