Félix María Samaniego

1745–1801

Félix María Samaniego (1745–1801) was a Spanish writer from Laguardia in the Basque province of Álava, best known for his fables. A member of the enlightened Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País, he wrote for the students of its seminary at Bergara.

His Fábulas morales (1781–84), in lively verse after Aesop, Phaedrus and La Fontaine, include “La lechera” and “La cigarra y la hormiga”, and are still read in Spanish schools.

Best-known poems

All poems (73)

A 2

C 2

D 3

E 29

L 34

O 1

S 2

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