Alvaro menendez leal biography samples

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Menéndez and the second or maternal family name is Leal.

Álvaro Menéndez Leal (March 13, 1931 – April 6, 2000), known as Álvaro Menen Desleal, was a Salvadoran poet, storyteller, playwright, essayist, and journalist.

Career

Menéndez belonged to the Committed Generation alongside authors such as Manlio Argueta, Ítalo López Vallecillos and Roque Dalton. He has been writing for the magazine El Diario de Hoy since 1950 and was a member of its editorial board from 1953.

Alvaro menendez leal biography samples

In addition, in 1956 he founded the first news program on Salvadorian television, Telediario salvadoreño. His fate changed with every change of government in the country. He was arrested in 1953 for an alleged conspiracy against Oscar Osorio's regime, on the other hand, he worked as a cultural attaché in Mexico and was director of the National Theater.

He had his breakthrough as a writer with the play Luz negra