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Wenceslao Fernández Flórez (1885 in A Coruña, Galicia – 29 April 1964 in Madrid) was a popular Galician journalist and novelist of the early 20th century. Throughout his career, he retained an intense fondness for the land of his birth.
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Wenceslao Fernández Flórez | |
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| Born | Wenceslao Fernández Flórez 1885 A Coruña, Spain |
| Died | 29 April 1964 (aged 78–79) Madrid, Spain |
| Seat S of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 14 May 1945 – 29 April 1964 | |
| Preceded by | José Alemany y Bolufer |
| Succeeded by | Julián Marías |
His father died when he was fifteen years old, forcing Wenceslao to abandon his education and dedicate himself to journalism. His first job was with A Coruña's La Mañana, and he went on to write for El Heraldo de Galicia, Diario de A Coruña and Tierra Gallega. At the age of eighteen he was given a senior position at Diario Ferrolano. He later returned to A Coruña to work at El Noroeste.
He kept close friendship with Galician nationalism leaders and other intellectuals. Among his friends were Manuel María Puga y Parga aka "Picadillo", Carré brothers, Tettamanci, Manuel Casas, Angel Castillo and others. All of them were older than him, but who really makes a huge impression in his way of thinking was Castelao, which was one of the most frequently illustrators for his works.
Fernández Flórez was elected to seat S of the Real Academia Española, he took up his seat on 14 May 1945.[1]
In 1914 Flórez moved to Madrid, where he worked at El Imparcial and Diario ABC, where he started the parliamentary column Acotaciones de un oyente. He had begun writing novels - La tristeza de la paz (1910), La procesión de los días (1915) and Luz de luna (1915), and Volvoreta (1917).
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