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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Antonio García Gutiérrez (1813–1884)

García Gutiérrez, Antonio (gö-tē-ār’eth). A Spanish dramatist; born in Chiclana, Cadiz, in 1813; died at Madrid, Aug. 26, 1884. He gave up medicine for the profession of letters; living at first in great destitution, until the play ‘El Trovador’ made him famous. He visited the United States in 1844. Later he became a theatrical manager in Madrid, writing ‘The Campaign of Huesca,’ ‘The Page,’ and other tragedies.