- Writer born in Guadalupe (Mexico) in 1915, but moved to Madrid in his adolescence. He became known with the Adonais Poetry Award he received in 1943 for his work 'Man Age', sharing it with Vicente Gaos and Alfonso Moreno.
In the late forties, he won with 'The Last Hours' Nadal Prize. This novel marks, with "The Hive" by Camilo José Cela and 'La Noria' by Luis Romero, the starting point for a new stage in the Spanish social narrative. The critics were unanimous in their praise to 'personal process', novel published in 1955. With his play 'Damned' got the "Lope de Vega" theater award in 1951. Personally, he participated in 1956, with Joaquín Ruiz Gimenez, in the founding of the Party of Democratic Action.- IMDb Mini Biography By: jsanchez - Writer born in Guadalupe (Mexico) in 1915; moved to Madrid in his adolescence. He became known after the Adonais Poetry Award he received in 1943, for his work 'Man Age', sharing it with Vicente Gaos and Alfonso Moreno. Died in Madrid, Spain, Dec 2002
In the late forties, he won with 'The Last Hours', the Nadal Prize. This novel marks, with "The Hive" by Camilo José Cela, and 'La Noria' by Luis Romero, the starting point for a new stage in the Spanish social narrative. The critics were unanimous in their praise to 'Personal process', a novel published in 1955. With his play, 'Damned', with the strength and depth of a Classical Greek Tragedy, got the "Lope de Vega" theater award in 1951. He had acted in the itinerant theater: 'La Barraca', of Federico García-Lorca, in the times before Spanish Civil War was also a member of FUE, the socialist party student's movement. Personally, he participated, with Joaquín Ruiz-Gimenez, in the founding of the Party of Democratic Left, that in 1977 was part of the so-called 'Christian Democracy Federation'. Beside his literary career, he worked as an attorney in Madrid.- IMDb Mini Biography By: info from Wikipedia, relatives, and himself
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