Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor

Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor (1737–1820) was a Spanish journalist, poet, playwright, and writer.

He was Considered one of the most prolific literary figures of the second half of the 18th century and, together with Luciano Francisco Comella and Gaspar Zavala y Zamora, one of the most popular playwrights of that period, writing over 200 plays.

Valladares was also a fervent and enthusiastic defender of the Enlightenment in Spain. As a successful playwright and novelist, he was able to please his public while maintaining a certain literary standard. The writer and journalist Ramón de Mesonero Romanos referring to Valladares as a "man with quite a high level of erudition and good taste". Provided by Wikipedia