Apa Valdez is a famous Spanish novelist and literary critic at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century. He spent his childhood in a beautiful mountain village in the north of the country. When I was twelve years old, I went to the provincial capital of Oviedo to attend middle school. 1877, he went to Madrid with his father and studied law at the university there. In Madrid, he also co-founded a literary salon "Pottery Shop" with some young friends, which occupies an important position in the history of modern Spanish literature, and served as the president of European Magazine. Apa Valdez's literary creation began with writing literary criticism. He worked hard all his life and was one of the most prolific and widely read writers in Spain. His first novel Master Octavian was published in 188 1 year. 1883, he wrote his second novel Marta and Maria, which was a great success. In the next twenty or thirty years, he ushered in a prosperous period of creation. Almost every year, a novel is published, such as: The Truth of Jose Maximina, San Sur Puxiu, The Joy of the Free Captain, The Novel of a Novelist, etc. These are all very important. Many of Apa Valdez's works are based on real life, with delicate brushwork, strong flavor of life, distinctive characters and vivid and humorous language. Spanish literary circles respect him very much. For example, Ibana said, "He is one of the literary masters I admire and a real artist." De Bagello commented: "His works have a wide range of themes, full of poetry and painting, and sincere and delicate feelings."