Valle-Inclán

/ ˈbaʎeiŋˈklan /

noun

1. Valle-InclánRámon María del18661936MSpanishWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatist Rámon María del. 1866–1936, Spanish novelist and dramatist. His works include the novel Tirano Banderas (1926) and the satirical play Don Friolera's Horns (1925)

Example Sentences

This banana republic whose resources are exploited by foreign investors at the expense of the serf-like "coppery populace" of native Indians is only too familiar, but the fact that Valle-Inclán never specifies the locale of the tyrant's dominion only adds to the book's universality and timelessness.

From The Guardian