Ramón José Sender Garcés (3 February 1901 – 16 January 1982) was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist. Several of his works were translated into English by the distinguished zoologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, including Seven Red Sundays (Siete domingos rojos), Mr Witt Among the Rebels (Mr Witt en el cantón) and The War in Spain (Contraataque).[1] He published articles in the Valencia-based Orto magazine between 1932 and 1934.[2] During the Spanish Civil War Sender was among the contributors of El Mono Azul, a Republican literary magazine.[3]
Sender's son is the composer and writer Ramón Sender. One of his several grandchildren is Sol Sender, a designer best known for his work on the Obama campaign logo.[4]
Publications
In Spanish
Imán (1930)
Siete domingos rojos (1932)
Mr. Witt en el cantón (1935)
Contraataque (1937)
El lugar de un hombre (1939)
Mexicayotl (1940)
Crónica del alba (1942)
La esfera (1947)
El rey y la reina (1949) (Originally published in 1948 in English)[5]
El verdugo afable (1952)
Mosén Millán (1953) (republished later in 1960 renamed as Requiem por un campesino español)
^Schneider, Marshall J., and Baruch College. “The Antifascist Impulse in Two Novels of Ramón J. Sender: Genre, Gender and Interpretation.” Letras Peninsulares. vol. 14, no. 1, primavera 2001, pp. 33-41.
King, Charles L. (1990). "Ramón Sender's Civil War". In Pérez, Janet; Aycock, Wendell M. (eds.). The Spanish Civil War in Literature. Studies in Comparative Literature. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press. pp. 109–120. ISBN978-0-89672-196-8.
Nonoyama, Michiko (1979). El anarquismo en las obras de Ramón J. Sender. Madrid: Playeor. OCLC163455230.
Peñuelas, Marcelino C (1970). Conversaciones con Ramón J. Sender. Madrid: Editorial Magisterio Español. OCLC474869.
Pini, Donatella (1990). "La degradación de Sender, un montaje". Alazet (in Spanish). 2: 145–149. hdl:11577/116692. ISSN0214-7602.
Pini Moro, Donatella (1994). Ramón J. Sender tra la guerra e l'esilio (in Italian). Roma: Edizioni dell'Orso. ISBN978-88-7694-163-4. OCLC432036211.
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