Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza

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Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza

Manuel María del Pilar Eduardo de Gorostiza y Cepeda (born October 13, 1789 in Veracruz , ( Mexico ), † October 23, 1851 in Tacubaya , today Mexico City ) was a Spanish-Mexican comedy poet and diplomat .

His father Pedro Fernández de Gorostiza was the Spanish governor of Veracruz . Gorostiza first made a name for himself through his comedies Indulgencia para todos (Madrid 1813), Las costumbres de antaño (Madrid 1819) and Don Dieguito (Madrid 1820), which were performed with great acclaim in Madrid in 1815 .

As a supporter of the Pronunciamiento of 1820 for the constitution of Cádiz of 1812, he had to flee to England like many other of his compatriots after the French invasion of Spain and the restoration of 1823, from where he worked with great zeal for the recognition of Mexico's independence on the part of the European courts.

Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza was Mexico's first ambassador to the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium. During his tenure in the Netherlands on June 15, 1827, the governments of the Netherlands and Mexico signed the first Treaty of Friendship, Trade and the Law of the Sea.

Soon afterwards he became the Mexican ambassador in London, later in Paris, where he concluded the trade and alliance treaty with the French government. It was during this time that he wrote his most famous comedy : Contigo pan y cebolla (1833), 1833 (Imprenta de Repullés), from which Eugène Scribe took the idea for his Vaudeville Une chaumière et son coeur . After returning to his homeland, G. became a State Councilor and director of the Mexico City Theater. A selection of his dramatic writings was published in 2 volumes (Brussels 1825) and in the Teatro moderno espanol (Madrid 1836–1838, 4 volumes). The aim of his mission in Washington was to find a peaceful settlement for the conflict over Texas .

Other works

  • Comedias . Madrid 1818-1820.
  • Las costumbres de antaño . Madrid 1819.
  • Virtud y patriotismo o el primero de enero de 1820 , Madrid, 1821.
  • Una noche de alarma en Madrid , Madrid, 1821.
  • Teatro original , Paris: en casa de Rosa, librero, gran patio del Palacio Real, 1822.
  • Apéndice al teatro escogido de Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza , Paris: en casa de Rosa y Cia, libreros, 1823
  • Teatro escogido , Bruselas: en casa de Tarlier, 1825
  • Contigo pan y cebolla . Valencia: Albatros Hispanofila, 1992. ISBN 84-7274-191-5
  • El desconfiado , Madrid, 1837.
  • Teatro , México, 1852.
  • Oeuvres dramatiques de Gorostiza . Trad. de l'espagnol by Marie Aycard. Paris: Brissot-Thivars 1822. Wildberg: Belser Wiss. Dienst, 1989–1990 Microfiche edition ISBN 3-628-63400-8 .
predecessor Office successor
Mexican Ambassador to The Hague
February 12, 1826 to June 4, 1829. 		Sebastián Mercado
Chargé d'affaires at the Mexican Embassy in Copenhagen
March 1, 1826 to June 5, 1829. 		Sebastián Mercado
Chargé d'affaires at the Mexican Embassy in Brussels
March 1, 1826 to June 5, 1829 		Sebastián Mercado
Vicente Rocafuerte Mexican Ambassador to London
June 4, 1829 to May 14, 1833 		José Máximo Garro
Joaquín María del Castillo y Lanzas Mexican Ambassador to Washington
March 24, 1836 to November 5, 1836 		Joaquín María del Castillo y Lanzas

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LE 1063 ( Memento of April 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Embajadores de México
  3. ↑ Embajadores de México
  4. ↑ Embajadores de México
  5. ↑ Embajadores de México
  6. ↑ Embajadores de México
personal data
SURNAME Gorostiza, Manuel Eduardo de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gorostiza, Manuel-Edouard de; Gorostiza y Cepeda, Manuel María del Pilar Eduardo de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish-Mexican comedy poet and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Veracruz , Mexico
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1851
Place of death Mexico city