He studied Secondary Education at 'Nuestra Señora de la Merced' School in Ferrol. Some years later he moved to Oviedo and Vigo with his family. He studied Arts in Madrid and got his degree in History at Santiago University in 1935.In 1932, he married Josefina Malvido anad had four children. One year later he came back to Ferrol, where he dedicated himself to private lessons. In 1940, he was succesful in a chair of literature for Secondary Education. In 1958, her wife died and two years later he married Fernanda Sánchez Guisande and had seven children more. In 1966, he went to the United States to work as a professor at Albany University. He returned to Spain in 1970 and in 1975 he definitely established himself in Salamanca.
Some of his most important works are: Antecedentes históricos de la subversión mundial, Las ideas políticas modernas: el liberalismo, Panorama de la literatura española contemporánea, Teatro español contemporáneo, Siete ensayos y una farsa, El viaje del joven Tobías, El casamiento engañoso, Lope de Aguirre, La República Barataria, Ifigenia, El retorno de Ulises, Atardecer de Longwood, Javier Mariño, Compostela y su ángel, El golpe de Estado de Guadalupe Limón, Don Juan, Off-side, Los gozos y las sombras, La saga fuga de J.B, La isla de los jacintos cortados, Una gloria nacional, Cuadernos de un vate vago, Cotufas del golfo, Fragmentos de Apocalipsis, Ensayos críticos, Dafnis y Cloe, Cuadernos de la Romana, Dafne y ensueños, La rosa de los vientos, Nuevos cuadernos de la Romana, La princesa durmiente va a la escuela, Yo no soy yo, evidentemente, Quizá nos lleve el viento al infinito, Las sombras recobradas, Santiago de Rosalía de Castro, Filomeno a mi pesar, La novela de Pepe Ansúrez, Las islas extraordinarias, Crónica del Rey pasmado and La boda de Chon Recalde.