Surname: Valdés Forename(s): Juan Meléndez b. 11 March 1754. d. 24 May 1817. Nationality: Spanish. VIAF.
Politician, dramatist, and poet. Educated in Salamanca, where he studied law and began
writing poetry. Traveled to Madrid (1781). Received a position at the University of
Salamanca. Appointed to several judicial positions. Exiled to France in 1813. Biographical
information: Ventura Fuentes, Juan Meléndez Valdés,The Catholic Encyclopediahttps://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10161a.htm (24 June 2021). (DD)