Manolete

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

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Manolete
Personal information
— Matador ♂ —
Monument to Manolete in front of the bullring in Linares
Born	Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez (1917-07-04)4 July 1917 Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain
Died	29 August 1947(1947-08-29) (aged 30) Linares, Andalucia, Spain
Alias	Manolete
Nationality	Spanish
Début novillero	1931

Alternativa	2 July 1939 Real Maestranza de Sevilla

Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez (4 July 1917 – 29 August 1947), better known as Manolete, was a Spanish bullfighter.

Career

He rose to prominence shortly after the Spanish Civil War and is considered by some to be the greatest bullfighter of all time. His style was sober and serious, with few concessions to the gallery, and he excelled at the 'suerte de matar'—the kill. Manolete's contribution to bullfighting included being able to stand very still while passing the bull close to his body and, rather than giving the passes separately, he was able to remain in one spot and link four or five consecutive passes together into compact series. He popularized a pass with the muleta called the "Manoletina," which is normally given just before entering to kill with the sword. In addition to all of the major bullrings of Spain, he had very important triumphs in Plaza Mexico.

Death

He died following a goring in the right upper leg as he killed the fifth bull of the day, the Miura bull Islero, an event that left Spain in a state of shock. Manolete received his fatal goring in the town of Linares where he appeared alongside the up-and-coming matador Luis Miguel Dominguín, who, after Manolete's death, proclaimed himself to be number one. In response to Manolete's death, General Francisco Franco, then dictator of Spain, ordered three days of "national mourning", during which only funeral dirges were heard on the radio.

In popular culture

The George A. Romero film, Land of the Dead featured a character named Manolete, who was named after the bullfighter.
Crooked Fingers' 2005 album Dignity and Shame is loosely based in part on the life of Manolete.
"Death of Manolete" is a 10,000 Maniacs song from the 1983 album Secrets of the I Ching.
Manolete was cited as the greatest bullfighter in the Twilight Zone episode, "A Game of Pool".

Publications

Barnaby Conrad, The Death of Manolete, Phoenix Books, 2007. ISBN 1-59777-548-7

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manolete.

Manolete at Spanish-Fiestas.com
Manolete, Estrella Internacional La Cueva de Zaratustra

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 24616527 LCCN: n82015499 ISNI: 0000 0001 2320 0580 GND: 1013253981 BNF: cb120307240

Persondata
Name	Manolete
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish bullfighter
Date of birth	4 July 1917
Place of birth	Córdoba, Andalucia, Spain
Date of death	29 August 1947
Place of death	Linares, Andalucia, Spain

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