José "Azorín" Martínez Ruiz

José "Azorín" Martínez Ruiz was a Spanish novelist, essayist and literary critic.

José Martínez Ruiz was born in the village of Monòver, Spain in the province of Alicante on 8 June 1873.

The outbreak of the Second Spanish Republic saw him re-adopt his old progressive political ideals. He abandoned the conservative ABC newspaper to write for the republican newspapers El Sol, La Libertad and Ahora. He edited Revista de Occidente, founded by José Ortega y Gasset, a journal promoting European philosophy, from 1923 to 1936.

When he returned to Spain after the Spanish Civil War, he found himself in "inner exile", along with other intellectuals who had not overtly supported the Franco regime during the conflict. He was at first denied a press identification card (tarjeta de periodista), but was supported by Ramón Serrano Suñer, at that time Franco's Interior Minister and president of the Falange. Accepting Franco’s regime was the price he had to pay in order to be admitted back, and he aligned with the dictatorship in a noted article in the right-wing journal Vértice.

In his old age, Azorín became a film enthusiast, writing numerous articles, some of which are reprinted in El cine y el momento, and claiming that "Cinema is the greatest form of art". He died in Madrid, Spain on March 2, 1967, at the age of 93.

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Marriage register

Marriage announcements:

• El Liberal
• La Época
• El Mundo
• El Siglo Futuro
• El Guadalete
• Gaceta de Mallorca
• La Almudaina
• La Última Moda
• Diario de la Marina de La Habana

Madrid municipal censuses:

• 1910
• 1915
• 1920

Death announcements:

• El Adelantado: 2 May 1967 | 3 March 1967 (p. 1, 4)
• El Diario de Ávila: 2 March 1967 (p. 1, 12)
• La Voz de Albacete: 2 March 1967 (p. 1, 3, 11, 12) | 3 March 1967 (p. 1, 3, 11, 12)
• Libertad
• Pueblo: 2 March 1967 (p. 1, 6) | 3 March 1967 (p. 1, 23)
• ABC Madrid: 3 March 1967 (p. 35-37, 45) | 4 March 1967
• ABC Sevilla
• Baleares: 3 March 1967 (p. 3, 11)
• Diario de Burgos: 3 March 1967 (p. 1, 6, 11)
• Gaceta de Prensa Española

Burial announcements:

• Baleares: 4 March 1967 | 5 March 1967
• Diario de Burgos: 4 March 1967 | 5 March 1967
• El Adelantado: 4 March 1967 (p. 2, 8)
• La Voz de Albacete: 4 March 1967 (p. 1, 3)

Obituary

José "Azorín" Martínez Ruiz fue un escritor español perteneciente a la generación del 98, que cultivó diversos géneros literarios: la novela, el ensayo, la crónica periodística y la crítica literaria y, en menor medida, el teatro.

Como político, ocupó en cinco ocasiones consecutivas (entre 1907 y 1919) escaño de diputado a Cortes por el Partido Conservador durante la Restauración (cuatro por dos distritos de Almería, Sorbas y Purchena, y una por el de Puenteareas en Pontevedra).

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Registro de matrimonio

Anuncios de matrimonio:

• El Liberal
• La Época
• El Mundo
• El Siglo Futuro
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• El Guadaletepath=1156140&posicion=2&presentacion=pagina Gaceta de Mallorca]
• La Almudaina
• La Última Moda
• Diario de la Marina de La Habana

Censos municipales de Madrid:

• 1910
• 1915
• 1920

Anuncios de la muerte:

• El Adelantado: 2 May 1967 | 3 de marzo de 1967 (p. 1, 4)
• El Diario de Ávila: 2 de marzo de 1967 (p. 1, 12)
• La Voz de Albacete: 2 de marzo de 1967 (p. 1, 3, 11, 12) | 3 de marzo de 1967 (p. 1, 3, 11, 12)
• Libertad
• Pueblo: 2 de marzo de 1967 (p. 1, 6) | 3 de marzo de 1967 (p. 1, 23)
• ABC Madrid: 3 de marzo de 1967 (p. 35-37, 45) | 4 de marzo de 1967
• ABC Sevilla
• Baleares: 3 de marzo de 1967 (p. 3, 11)
• Diario de Burgos: 3 de marzo de 1967 (p. 1, 6, 11)
• Gaceta de Prensa Española

Burial announcements:

• Baleares: 4 de marzo de 1967 | 5 de marzo de 1967
• Diario de Burgos: 4 de marzo de 1967 | 5 de marzo de 1967
• El Adelantado: 4 de marzo de 1967 (p. 2, 8)
• La Voz de Albacete: 4 de marzo de 1967 (p. 1, 3)

Obituary