text: Gustavo Adolfo BÃ cquer was born in 1836 with the last name of DomÃ nguez Bastida , but he chose his Flemish father 's second last name of BÃ cquer , as the family was known around town .
simplified: Gustavo Adolfo DomÃ nguez Bastida , better known as BÃ cquer , ( Seville February 17 , 1836 -- Madrid December 22 , 1870 ) was a Spanish post-romanticist writer of poetry and short stories .