Work & Activities

His narrative production started in 1910 with La tristeza de la paz (1910) and La procesión de los días (1914).In 1917, he was very successful publishing Volvoreta. The following year he published a book of short stories titled Silencio and Ha entrado un ladrón in 1920.In 1922, he compiled a group of stories in Tragedias de la vida vulgar, which are based on poverty, love, humiliation and destruction. From this stage onwards he created an utopic world and criticized the contemporary society in his works El secreto de Barba Azul (1923) and Las siete columnas (1926).In 1927, he published Relato inmortal and other compositions such as La casa de la lluvia, Unos pasos de mujer, Huella de luz, El ladrón de glándulas and Los que no fuimos a la guerra (1930). In the 30's he published El malvado Carabel, Aventuras del caballero Rogelio de Amaral, El hombre que compró un automóvil and Una isla en el Mar Rojo.He wrote some books after the war, being the most important one El bosque animado (1943).