Vincent Garcia de la Huerta
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Vicente Antonio García de la Huerta (1734–1787) was an 18th-century Spanish poet, author, dramatist, and critic. His brother Pedro García de la Huerta was a Jesuit historian. He acquired fame with contributions to turn public attention to ancient native writers and held the following positions - head of the Antigallican literary party, member of Spanish academy, leader of the national school of poetry, chief of the National library, head of the Royal library, and others.[1][2][3]
He was notable among Spanish for his poetical and critical talents through his principal works - La Raquel (en: Rachel), a tragedy, and Teatro Espanol (en: Spanish Theatre). He equally attracted censures from his opponents and enemies for his literary arrogance, notably, from critics of France.[2][4]