Godoy Alcántara, José
Godoy Alcántara, José (1825–75),Spanish writer and scholar. His fame is due both to his work as a journalist and to several research works of his which received awards from the Spanish Academy of Language and the Spanish Academy of History. His tales appeared in periodicals such as Semanario Pintoresco Español (Spanish Picturesque Weekly). In 1849 Godoy published ‘Un abad como hubo muchos y un cocinero como no hay ninguno. Cuento’ (‘An Abbot as There Have Been Many and a Cook as There Is No Other. Tale’. This story is a literary rendition of a popular European tale which had already been taken from the oral tradition and incorporated into the written one by the Spanish 16th‐century writer Juan de Timoneda.
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