by Ian Gibson · Editorial Planeta, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432056567
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«En busca de José Antonio» is the biography of José Antonio Primo de Rivera written by Ian Gibson, published by Planeta in 1980 in paperback (334 pages).
Biography of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, a central figure in twentieth-century Spain. Ian Gibson reconstructs his trajectory, from his early years to his death and his transformation into a myth, and analyzes his imprint on the politics and society of his time, as well as the conflicting interpretations his figure has provoked.
Winner of the Espejo de España Prize 1980. Number 56 in the Espejo de España collection, within the Los Españoles series. Includes index and bibliography (pages 327-329).
For readers interested in the contemporary history of Spain, Falangism and political biographies.
Ian Gibson is an Irish author and Hispanist known for his biographies of the poet Antonio Machado, the artist Salvador Dalí, the bibliographer Henry Spencer Ashbee, the filmmaker Luis Buñuel, and particularly his work on the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca, for which he won several awards, including the 1989 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography. His work, La represión nacionalista de Granada en 1936 y la muerte de Federico García Lorca was banned in Spain under Franco.
