Leopoldo Garcia Alas (1852 - 1901)

Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña (25 April 1852 – 13 June 1901), also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo. Alas spent his childhood living in León and Guadalajara, until he moved to Oviedo in 1863. There he studied for the Bachillerato (B.A. degree) and began his law studies. He lived in Madrid from 1871 to 1878, where he began his career as a journalist (adopting the pen-name "Clarín" in 1875) and he graduated with the thesis El Derecho y la Moralidad (Law and Morality) in 1878. He taught in Zaragoza from 1882 to 1883. In 1883 he returned to Oviedo to take up a position as professor of Roman law. Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña, apodado Clarín (Zamora, 25 de abril de 1852-Oviedo, 13 de junio de 1901) fue un escritor y jurista español. Catedrático primero en la Universidad de Zaragoza y más tarde en la de Oviedo, se desempeñó como crítico literario en la prensa periódica de la época, desde donde atacó con punzantes artículos a muchos literatos contemporáneos. Es conocido por su novela La Regenta.