Moratin

Moratin, LEANDRO FERNANDEZ DE, comic poet, was born at Madrid, March 10, 1760, and was the son of a poet. In 1790 appeared his first and best comedy, El Viejo y la Nina; it was followed by La Comedia nueva, El Baron, La Mogigata, and El si de las Niñas. Godoy conferred several ecclesiastical benefices upon him; Joseph Bonaparte made him chief royal librarian; but after 1814 he took refuge in Paris. He died in Paris, June 21, 1828.