Traveler, lover, politician, author, painter . . . All the roles of Pérez Galdós.

The Biblioteca Nacional (National Library) welcomes the first exposition of Año Galdós: ´Benito Pérez Galdós. La verdad humana (The year of Galdós: “Benito Pérez Galdós. The human truth”).

This is a journey through the least known aspects of a fascinating personality.  Welcome to the Galdós universe; a literary and intellectual galaxy, very sentimental which today has come to the light thanks to the inauguration in the Biblioteca Nacional (National Library), commissioned by Germán Gullón and Marta Sanz.  The exposition shows the lesser known aspects of this fascinating personality as well as the wide range of his interests, his humanity and his amazing presence.

As told by the agents of the exposition, when they were charged by Olvido García Valdés (Directora General del Libro) with this responsibility, their hardest task was deciding the material to be picked.  “Of course, - they all agree, considering that Galdós was a reporter, politician, novelist, playwright, essayist, musician, painter, gardening aficionado; who lived in Las Palmas, Madrid, Santander, and traveled all around Europe, is very difficult to select the key elements that would represent each and every one of his professions, crafts, hobbies and writings.

Read the entire article here: El Cultural

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