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José Francisco de Isla

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Also known as: El Padre Isla, José Francisco de Isla de la Torre y Rojo
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José Francisco De Isla De La Torre Y Rojo
Byname:
El Padre Isla
Born:
March 24, 1703, Vidanes, Spain
Died:
Nov. 2, 1781, Bologna, Papal States (aged 78)

José Francisco de Isla (born March 24, 1703, Vidanes, Spain—died Nov. 2, 1781, Bologna, Papal States) was a Spanish satirist and preacher noted for his novel known as Fray Gerundio. Isla showed intellectual promise early and entered the Jesuit order as a novice in 1719, studying at the University of Salamanca. He was named professor of sacred literature in 1727 and taught this subject in various Spanish schools until 1754, when he retired to Villagarcía to begin work on his masterpiece, Historia del famoso predicador Fray Gerundio de Campazas, alias Zotes (1758; History of the Famous Preacher Friar Gerundio of ...(100 of 166 words)

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