Navarret, Ramon

Ramon Navarrete ( Spanish: Ramón Navarrete ; 1822 , Madrid - 1897 ) - Spanish journalist , editor and writer.

For fifteen years he was the editor of La Gaceta, often writing articles for her under the pseudonyms Alma viva and Asmodeo; the most famous was the series of his articles “Los salones de Madrid”, in which he gave detailed descriptions of dinner parties in aristocratic houses. The newspaper La Época also chronicled social life. He was considered one of the largest "social chroniclers" of Spain of his time and an expert on noble life. Under other pseudonyms he also collaborated in the newspapers El Siglo XIX, El Heraldo and many others.

In addition to journalism, he was also the author of literary works: short stories (Creencias y desengaños) and a number of plays (Emilia, Don Rodrigo Calderon, Caprichos de la fortuna, Un matrimonio a la moda, Verdades y ficciones "," Suenos y realidades "," El duque de Alcira "," Los dominos blancos "); some of them have been translated into French. He also wrote a number of libretto in Spanish for French operas.