Plaine-Monceau in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Juan Montalvo

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 24, 2024

1. Juan Montalvo Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ne a Ambato Equateur le 13 avril 1832
Mort exile a Paris le 17 janvier 1889

Polemiste, Essayiste, Penseur
Maitre insigne de la prose espagnole

Choisit la France son pays d’election pour y finir ses jours
et mourut dans cette maison

(English translation:)
Born in Ambato, Ecuador on April 13, 1832
Died in exile in Paris on January 17, 1889

Polemist, Essayist, Thinker
Master of Spanish prose

France was his country of choice for spending his last days and he died in this building.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1832.

Location. 48° 52.915′ N, 2° 18.222′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Plaine-Monceau. Marker is on Rue Cardinet, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 26 Rue Cardinet, Paris, Île-de-France 75017, France. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Paul Tortelier (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Jacques Chailley (about 120 meters away); Auguste Chapuis

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(about 150 meters away); Pedro Vicente Maldonado (1704-1748) (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Marthe Chenal de L’Opéra (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Miguel Angel Asturias (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Lycée Carnot Deported Jewish Students Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Mstislav Rostropovich (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Juan Montalvo (Wikipedia).

Overview: Juan María Montalvo Fiallos (13 April 1832 - 17 January 1889) was an Ecuadorian essayist and novelist. His writing was strongly marked by anti-clericalism and opposition to presidents Gabriel García Moreno and Ignacio de Veintemilla. He was the publisher of the magazine El Cosmopolita. One of his best-known books is Las Catilinarias, published in 1880. His essays include Siete tratados (1882) and Geometría Moral(posthumous, 1902). He also wrote a sequel to Don Quixote de la Mancha, called Capítulos que se le olvidaron a Cervantes. He was admired by writers, essayists, intellectuals such as Jorge Luis Borges and Miguel de Unamuno.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 24, 2024

2. Juan Montalvo Marker - wide view
The marker is visible above the door.
He died in Paris in 1889. His body was embalmed and is exhibited in a mausoleum in his hometown of Ambato.

(Submitted on April 13, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 13, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 40 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 13, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.