Ángel Ganivet

Ángel Ganivet
Born	13 December 1865
Died	29 November 1898
Occupation	writer and diplomat

Ángel Ganivet García(13 December 1865 inGranada,Spain – 29 November 1898 inRiga) was aSpanishwriteranddiplomat.He was considered a precursor to theGeneration of '98.

On 29 November 1898, disillusioned in love, Ganivet drowned himself in theDaugavaRiver. Nearly failing in his attempt, he was first rescued but managed to throw himself into the river again. Ganivet had contemplated suicide for several years, and he had suffered from progressivesyphiliticparalysis.

Some of his works

• Granada la bella.(1896) (Granada the Beautiful)
• Idearium español.(1897) (literally,Spanish Idearium,also translated asSpain, an Interpretation)
• La conquista del reino de Maya, por el último conquistador español, Pío Cid(1897) (The Conquest of the Mayan Kingdom, by the Last Spanish Conqueror, Pío Cid)
• Cartas finlandesas.(1898) (Finnish Letters,also translated intoFinnishasSuomalaiskirjeitä)
• El escultor de su alma.(1906) (The Sculptor of Your Soul)