Segundo Serrano Poncela

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Segundo Serrano Poncela (born 1912 in Madrid ; † December 9, 1976 in Caracas ) was a Spanish politician and author . He was also a professor at the Universities of Puerto Rico and “Simón Bolívar” Caracas .

Act as a politician

Serrano Poncela was a member of the Juventudes Socialistas de España , as well as the Communist Party of Spain . Serrano Poncela spent a large part of his life in exile , as he fought on the side of the Republic against the fascists under Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War and had to expect persecution during his dictatorship, so that he left Spain in 1939. During the war he was mainly involved in the defense of Madrid and was a member of the Junta de Defensa de Madrid as a delegate for public order.

Works

  • El partido socialista y la conquista del poder , Barcelona: L'Hora, 1935.
  • Nuestros métodos de propaganda , Valencia: Alianza Nacional de Juventud, ~ 1937.
  • La Conferencia Nacional de Juventudes , Valencia: Guerri, 1937.
  • Cinco poemas de Alberto de Paz y Mateos y unas notas críticas sobre el poeta , Santiago, 1943.
  • El pensamiento de Unamuno , México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1953.
  • Antonio Machado , Buenos Aires: Losada, 1954.
  • Seis relatos y uno más , México, 1954.
  • La venda , Buenos Aires: Edit. Sudamericana, 1956.
  • La raya oscura , Buenos Aires: Edit. Sudamericana, 1959.
  • El secreto de Melibea y otros ensayos , Madrid: Taurus, 1959.
  • Del Romancero a Machado , Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1962.
  • Forma de vida hispánica , Madrid: Gredos, 1963.
  • Habitación para hombre solo , Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1963.
  • Introducción a la literatura española , Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1963.
  • Literatura y subliteratura , Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1966.
  • Introducción a la crítica literaria , Caracas: Ministerio de Educación, 1967.
  • Estudios sobre Dostoievski , Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1968.
  • Los huéspedes , Caracas: Monte Ávila, 1968.
  • La metáfora , Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1968.
  • El hombre de la cruz verde , Andorra la Vella: Edit. Andorra, 1970.
  • Un olor a crisantemo , Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1972.
  • La viña de Nabot , Madrid: Albia, 1979.

German language translations

  • The man with the green cross , Berlin; Weimar: Aufbau-Verlag, 1984.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography of Serrano Poncelas (Spanish) Retrieved October 26, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Serrano Poncela, Segundo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish politician and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1976
Place of death Caracas