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José Iglesias de la Casa (31 October 1748, Salamanca – 26 August 1791, Carbajosa de la Sagrada) was a Spanish priest and poet. De la Casa pursued his studies at the University of Salamanca and in 1784 took holy orders in Madrid, Spain.
De la Casa was known as a popular satirist in the style of Francisco de Quevedo. During his lifetime, de la Casa published comedic poems, such as " La Teclogia" ("The Technology") and " La niñez Laureada" ("Laureada's Childhood"), which told of an infant prodigy who at the age of four underwent a university examination.
Certain portions of his work provided offense to the Church authorities and were put on the index of forbidden books by the Inquisition. Among the better-known editions of his works are those of Barcelona (1820 and 1837), of Paris (1821), and of Madrid (1841). They are most readily accessible in the " Biblioteca de Autores Españoles", vol. LXI, which contains about 38 letrillas, satires, epigrams, odes, anacreontics, and eclogues. A collection of his unedited poems were published by R. Foulche-Delbosc, in the 1895 "Revue Hispanique", vol. II. [1]