Antoniorrobles

Antonio Joaquín Robles Soler (August 18, 1895 – January 23, 1983) was a Spanish and Mexican writer, publicist, journalist and literary critic, as well as an illustrator. Published mainly under the pseudonym Antoniorrobles.

The author of novels, short stories and sketch stories of a realistic, humorous and satirical nature, however, he is primarily known for numerous children's stories and fairy tales. Considered the founder of modern Spanish children's literature. For many works, both adults and children, elements of surrealism are characteristic.

He was a prominent figure in the Spanish literary avant-garde during the Late Restoration and Second Republic periods. He adhered to leftist beliefs, which was reflected in many works, including those for children. He was an active member of the Republican Left Party, during the 1936 presidential elections he was delegated to the electoral college from the province of Madrid. During the years of the civil war, he consistently supported the government of the Popular Front.

After the defeat of the Republicans and the establishment of the Franco regime in Spain, he emigrated to Mexico and took the citizenship of this country. While living in Mexico City, he continued active literary, journalistic and journalistic activities, and also taught literature at high school and collaborated with the local Ministry of Education. In 1972 he returned to Spain, where he also continued his creative work.

During the writer's lifetime, the Mexican section of the International Board on Books for Young People established a prize named after him, which is awarded annually for the best work of children's literature written in Latin America.

Biography

Antonio Joaquín was born on August 18, 1895 in the family of the doctor Félix Robles Bermejo and his wife Adelaide Soler in Robledo de Chavela - a small town in the Community of Madrid, located 50 km west of the Spanish capital Cities. In accordance with Spanish naming customs, the newborn received a double surname from his parents - Robles Soler.[1] When the boy was not yet a year old, his father received his medical practice in the city of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, located a little to the north in the same community where he moved with his family.[2] It was this city, known for its architectural sights of the Renaissance, the main of which is the monastery and palace complex El Escorial, that became for the writer his “small homeland”, and until the end of his days he considered it “the most beautiful city in the world”.[3][4][5]

References
  1. "Cronología de Antoniorrobles" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Virtual Migel de Cervantes. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  2. es:José Ruiz Guirado (2020-08-21). "Antoniorrobles y San Lorenzo de El Escorial" (in Spanish). Aqui en la Sierra. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  3. Coordinación Nacional de Literatura CNL (INBA) — Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura INBA (2014-08-14). "Antonio Joaquín Robles Soler (Antoniorrobles)" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Cultura y Fundación para las Letras Mexicanas. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
  4. Corté 1992, p. 591.
  5. Rosana Torres (1983-01-24). "Antoniorrobles, iniciador de la moderna literatura infantil española, falleció ayer en El Escorial" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 2020-08-06.

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