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Diego San José
1885–1962
A prolific Spanish man of letters, he moved between journalism, history, and fiction with a deep love for Madrid and Spain’s Golden Age. His work brought older literary styles and historical subjects vividly back to life for twentieth-century readers.
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La voz de la conseja, t.2 Selección de las mejores novelas breves y cuentos de los más esclarecidos literatos
by Joaquín Álvarez Quintero, Serafín Álvarez Quintero, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, José Echegaray, Concha Espina, Wenceslao Fernández-Flórez, Gutiérrez Gamero, Antonio de Hoyos y Vinent, J. (José) Ortega Munilla, Alvaro Retana, Diego San José, Bernardo Morales San Martín, Felipe Trigo
About the author
Born in Madrid, Diego San José de la Torre was a Spanish writer, journalist, and historian remembered for his wide-ranging literary output and his strong interest in the Spanish Golden Age. Sources consistently describe him as a prolific contributor to popular periodicals, including La Novela Corta and El Cuento Semanal, and as an important chronicler of Madrid.
His writing mixed fiction, journalism, poetry, and historical work. He became especially known for books and articles that drew on classical Spanish literature and baroque style, while also making the past feel lively and accessible. Literary reference pages and library records list a large body of work across the early twentieth century, showing how active and versatile he was.
Although some sources list his birth year as 1885, major reference pages also give August 9, 1884, and agree that he died in Redondela in 1962. Late in life he continued writing, even when publication became more difficult, and his reputation has endured through digital libraries and literary archives that preserve his work.