Juan Manuel – författare

Don Juan Manuel, nephew of King Alfonso X, The Wise, knew well the appeal of exempla (moralized tales), which he believed should entertain if they were to provide ways and means for solving life's problems. His fourteenth-century book, known as El Conde lucanor, is considered by many to be the purest Spanish prose before the immortal Don Quixote of Cervantes written two centuries later. He found inspiration for his tales in classical and eastern literatures, Spanish history, and folklore. His stories are not translations, but are his retelling of some of the best stories in existence. The translation succeeds in making the author speak as clearly to the modern reader as to readers of his own time.

Don Juan Manuel, nephew of King Alfonso X, The Wise, knew well the appeal of exempla (moralized tales), which he believed should entertain if they were to provide ways and means for solving life's problems. His fourteenth-century book, known as El Conde lucanor, is considered by many to be the purest Spanish prose before the immortal Don Quixote of Cervantes written two centuries later. He found inspiration for his tales in classical and eastern literatures, Spanish history, and folklore. His stories are not translations, but are his retelling of some of the best stories in existence. The translation succeeds in making the author speak as clearly to the modern reader as to readers of his own time.

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Don Juan Manuel (Escalona, 1282 - Córdoba, 1348), miembro de la casa real y escritor en lengua castellana, fue uno de los principales representantes de la prosa medieval de ficción, sobre todo gracias a su obra El conde Lucanor, conjunto de cuentos moralizantes (exempla) que se entremezclan con varias modalidades de literatura sapiencial.Ostentó los títulos simultáneos de duque y príncipe de Villena y señor de Escalona, Peñafiel, Cuéllar, Elche, Cartagena, Lorca, Alcocer, Salmerón, Valdeolivas y Almenara. Fue además mayordomo mayor de los reyes Fernando IV y Alfonso XI, adelantado mayor de Andalucía y adelantado mayor de Murcia.Durante la última etapa de la minoría de edad de su sobrino, Alfonso XI de Castilla, fue tutor del rey junto con el infante Felipe de Castilla y Juan el Tuerto.