From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Ramón José Sender Garcés (Chalamera,
February 3 1901 - United States,
January 15 1982) was an
Aragonese Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist. In 1923 he was obliged to serve for the Spanish military and take part in the Spain Morocco Rif War (the war lasted from 1919-1926). Later that year he returned to Madrid, where he worked as a journalist for a paper critical of the current government. In 1926 he was imprisoned for writing for the organization, the Old Houses. When the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, Sender immediately enlisted to help resist Franco. While he was at the front, the enemies of Sender went to his house and shot his wife and also shot his brother. He left Spain for New York after the
Spanish Civil War in
1939, and became an American citizen eight years later. His works include
La Tesis de Nancy, about the experiences of a young American student in Spain and
Nancy, and the
Réquiem por un Campesino Español. La Tesis de Nancy is widely read by Spanish students. The book is a true account based upon a series of letters written by Nancy (originally in English) from Nancy to her aunt. At the time Nancy was studying and living in Spain. She shared with her aunt the love for learning and exploring the Spanish language.
