Valcarce's wit under the teachings of Valle Inclán and Rubén Darío

Abstract

This article will focus on the analysis the most important facts of Javier Valcarce's biography and bibliography and his literary relations with Ramón del Valle Inclán and Rubén Darío. Valcarce arrived in Madrid in full youth absolutely determined to live off the fruits of his pen, the achievement of a short story prize in a contest organized by the newspaper El Liberal (1908) increased him fame and prestige and even some critics pointed to him as one of the writers with the best qualities and virtues of that moment, among the numerous pleiad of young who took part the literary gatherings of Madrid's cafés and bohemian circles, at the beginning of the twentieth century.