The topics in this book are erotism, illness and death. Most of the literary critics consider that Gabriel Miro reached his literary maturity with 'Las cerezas del cementerio' (1910), which tells the story of the young Félix Valdivia and his love for an older woman called Beatriz. He had an exalted sensibility towards colors, smells, textures and sounds that he reflected in his works, which are slow, lyric and very descriptive and elaborate. Miro was a simple, honest and kind man with a hyperesthetic temperament. He was a melancholic and introverted man, christian and with pure feelings, but his experience at the Jesuit school in Alicante turned him into an anticlerical. Gabriel Miro's early life in a catholic and traditional setting molded his personality.

The reasons are not very clear, but it's though the denial was based on the anticlerical accusations to his novel 'El obispo leproso'.

In 1925 he wins the prize 'Mariano de Cavia' with his article 'Huerto de Cruces' and in 1927 he's proposed for the Real Academia Española, but he's not chosen. In 1920 he moves to Madrid to work in the Ministry of Education. During his time there Gabriel Miro contributes to some Catalan newspapers: 'Diario de Barcelona', 'La Vanguardia' and 'La Publicidad'. In 1911 he was named chronicler of Alicante, and in 1914 he moves to Barcelona to occupy a job post at the Council. During this time he contributes in many Spanish and American magazines like 'El Heraldo', 'Los Lunes del Imparcial' and 'ABC'. He was paid homage by several important writers like Pio Baroja or Valle-Inclan, and that same year his father dies. In 1908 he won the first price in the literary contest organized by 'El Cuento Semanal' and secured his fame as an excellent narrator with a great style. In 1901 he married Clemencia Maignon, and had two daughters with her. Gabriel Miro failed the two times he took the Judiciary exam, so he got modest jobs at the City Council in Alicante and in the provincial Council. In 1895 he began his Law studies in the University of Valencia and in the University of Granada, where he graduated in 1900. He was a sickly boy and his parents moved him to the Instituto de Alicante, and later the whole family moved to Ciudad Real, where Gabriel Miro finished his baccalaureate. Between 18 he studied with his brother Juan in the Jesuit boarding school of Santo Domingo en Orihuela, where he was awarded his first literary prize. Gabriel Miro was born in Alicante in 1879. He's considered by many one of the best writers Alicante has ever produced. Gabriel Miro was so important to the city of Alicante that there are several libraries and schools in Valencia named after him. Home » 20th century » Silver Age » Generation of '14 & Noucentisme » Gabriel Miro Life & works of Gabriel Miro

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