Quick Facts

• NAME: José Zorrilla
• OCCUPATION: Playwright, Poet
• BIRTH DATE: February 21, 1817
• DEATH DATE: January 23, 1893
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Valladolid, Spain
• PLACE OF DEATH: Madrid, Spain

Best Known For

Spanish poet and dramatist José Zorrilla, a major figure of the nationalist wing of the Spanish Romantic movement, made his name with verse leyendas (legends).