Zorrilla - José Zorrilla

Spanish poet and playwright. Born in Valladolid. His representative play, Don Juan Tenorio (1844), features a protagonist typical of the Romantic era, who is guided by the power of true love to obtain God's forgiveness and salvation. By the time of the premiere of The Shoemaker and the King (1840), which established his position as a playwright, he had published eight books of poetry, including the lyrical Poems of the East, and his long historical poem Granada (1852), which portrays the glorious vision of the Islamic world. He showed greater talent for narrative than lyricism, and was a national poet who sought subject matter from the history and legends of his own country, and gained popularity as a national writer for themes that aroused the nation's interest and musical, resonant prose. He died in Madrid.

[Aiko Suga]

"Don Juan Tenorio" (translated by Masatake Takahashi) (Iwanami Bunko)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

スペインの詩人、劇作家。バリャドリード出身。代表作の戯曲『ドン・ファン・テノーリオ』（1844）では、真(まこと)の愛の力に導かれて神の許しと救いを得る、ロマン主義時代らしい主人公が登場する。劇作家の地位を確立した『靴屋と国王』の初演（1840）までに、叙情的な『東方詩集』など八冊の詩集を出し、長編史詩『グラナダ』（1852）には輝かしいイスラム世界の幻影を映している。叙情よりは叙事に力量をみせた彼は、自国の歴史、伝説に題材を求めた国民詩人で、民族の感興をそそる主題と響きのよい音楽的詩文で国民的作家の人気を博した。マドリードで没。

［菅　愛子］

『高橋正武訳『ドン・フワン・テノーリオ』（岩波文庫）』

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