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Juan Pérez Zúñiga (Madrid, 1860-Madrid, 1938) was a Spanish writer, journalist, and humorist.
Biography
editA fan of music from childhood, Juan Pérez Zúñiga studied violin at the Madrid Royal Conservatory. The humorist, writer, and playwright Vital Aza helped Pérez Zúñiga join the editorial office of Madrid Cómico (1880). He became a lawyer in 1882, and contributed to over one hundred Spanish magazines and newspapers. His trademark was playful, festive characters. He was an editor for ABC, Blanco y Negro, El Liberal, Heraldo de Madrid, Nuevo Mundo and La Esfera.
Pérez Zúñiga frequently used the psuedonym Artagnán. His humor, which began as a tribute to Juan Martínez Villergas, evolved until all of his articles featured some of the humorous characteristics that characterized the "Other Generation of 27".[1] He was a disciple of Ramón Gómez de la Serna. Some of his literary gems are Zuñigadas and Amantes célebres puestos en solfa. In them, Pérez Zúñiga demonstrates a knack for mockery and parody, which also appear in his lyric compositions and in some of his theatrical texts—both in those on which he collaborated (like La romería del Halcón and Los de la burra) as well as in those he created himself, which are rarer (like Descanso dominical, Muerte y dulzura or El merengue triste).
Possessing a great vis cómica and ingenious ease, Pérez Zúñiga was an extraordinary composer of poetic verse. He is believed to have written and published over twenty thousand written compositions and publications, including his light-hearted poems.[2] He wrote over fifty of theatrical works and thirty of volumes, many of them illustrated by Joaquín Xaudaró or Garrido. The majority of his works have had various reprints and editions, as he was very successful.[3]
Notable examples of Pérez Zúñiga's prose include the two-volume Viajes Morrocotudos (of which there are at least ten editions), Arte de hacer curas, Seis días fuera del mundo, Viaje involuntario and Relato humorístico. He often employed jitanjáfora, a type of poetry in which the words mean nothing. In 1935, Pérez Zúñiga published his memoir El placer de recordar: Algunas de las cosas ocurridas al autor o conocidas por él en medio siglo de vida literaria...y de la otra. The publisher Renacimiento compiled his complete works in the 1920s and published them in various tomes.
There is a street in Madrid named after Pérez Zúñiga[1] located in the neighborhood Concepción within Madrid's Ciudad Lineal, parallel to the street Arturo Soria.[3]
Despite his prolific life and literary fame, Juan Pérez Zúñiga did not survive the Spanish Civil War and died of hunger on November 5, 1938 at 78 years of age. [3]
Bibliography
editNarrative works
edit- Historia cómica de España, 2 vols.
- Viajes morrocotudos, 2 vols.
- Cosquillas
- Guasa viva
- Doña Tecla en Polotú
- Buen Humor
- Pura broma
- Alma guasona
- El chápiro verde
- Cuatro cuentos y un cabo
- Coplas de sacristía
- La soledad y el cocodrilo
- Villapelona de abajo
- Amantes célebres puestos en solfa
- Cuentos emblados
- Galimatías
- Guía cómica de San Sebastián
- Canelario zaragotono
- Zuñigadas
- Piruetas
- La familia de Noé
- Fermatas y banderillas
- Pizcas y miajas
- Ganitas de broma
- Novelas ínfimas
- Lo que cuenta don Juan
- Carne congelada ó La jugarreta de Frescucio
- Casta no es Pura. Novela.
- Cocina cómica Ochenta recetas de guisos y postres, poesías culinarias, algo de agricultura y un apéndice que comprende un santoral selecto y otras frioleras
- Coliflor o la hija del mosquito
- Corazón de platino.
- Cuentos de menor cuantía.
- Cuentos embolados (denominados así porque no se les ve la punta)
- Lo que cuenta Don Juan Manojo de cuentos festivos para niños menores de cincuenta años
- El cocodrilo azul
- El cuerpo, los estertores y unas cuantas cosas más.
- El disloque. Colección de artículos desarticulados
- ¡El disloque! Tipos raros. Trastrueques. Juegos fonético-lingüísticos. El cuerpo.
- El gran bromazo. Novela
- Juego de bolos
- La familia de Noé o el diluvio universal: estudio cómico, a ratos científico y a ratos excéntrico, del Arca de Noé y del castigo acuático sufrido por la humanidad. 2 vols.
- La fiera corrupia. Comedic novel.
- La flor de La Rabadilla
- La niña del jefe. Novel.
- La soledad del campo. Novel.
- La tenacilla de oro. Novel.
- La tumba de tita Carmen.
- La viuda de Perrín
- Los hígados. Cuento quirúrgico-fantástico.
- Lo que cuenta Don Juan (Manojo de cuentos festivos para niños menores de cincuenta años).
- Polvareda conyugal.
- Seis días fuera del mundo. Viaje involuntario.
- El monte, la isla... y ¡la mar!.
- El solitario de Yuste o Una mala tentación.
- El señor castaño
- Tipos Raros.
- Títeres. (Sindicato de artículos, cómicos todos ellos, a Dios gracias).
- Hojas de lata
- Entre la guerra y la paz
Theatre
edit- ¡Viva la Pepa!
- El salvavidas
- La manía de papá
- El quinto cielo
- Los tíos
- El portal de Belén
- Muerte y dulzura, o el merengue triste
- El pasmo de Cecilia
- El néctar de los dioses
- Los de la burra
- La Gloria
- La gente del patio
- La india brava. Zarzuela in one act. Music by J. Valverde (Son).
- El estupendo Juan Pérez. Dramatic comedy in three acts.
Verse
edit- Desahogos particulares (Contains his "serious" poetry)
- Humorismo Rimado
- Paella festiva (Composiciones en verso).
References
editExternal Links
edit- Textos de Juan Pérez Zúñiga reeditados en formato ePub, by Ganso y Pulpo (web).
- [1] Juan Pérez Zúñiga, Madrid, 1860-1938 (web)
- [2] Author page for Juan Perez Zuñiga at Casa del libro bookstore (web)
- [3] "Juan Pérez Zúñiga" Hispanopedia (web)