Importance of Ramón Gómez de la Serna in the literary

A representative of the Spanish literary avant-garde, he is especially recognized for his fantastic creativity linguistics, a fact that was evidenced by the singular creation of the Greguería, short phrases in which predominates wit, humor, metaphors, and mental acuity at the service of various topics.

His literary and journalistic production was very prolific and paraded through all genres: essay, novel, theater and biography.

He was born in Madrid in 1888 and lived there until the mid-1930s when he went into exile in Argentina.

From an early age he demonstrated his interest in writing and at the age of 14 he directed his first journalistic publication aimed at the students of his school.

He graduated with a law degree but never practiced it because he was passionate and absolutely busy with letters.

By the twenties he was already a well-known journalist and author in his homeland.

Another milestone in his long career were the gatherings that he inaugurated and led at Café Pombo in Madrid

Along with a select group of colleagues, he met periodically in the basement of the aforementioned cafe.

From 1912 to 1937, the year in which the author went into Argentine exile, the meetings took place on Saturday nights and lasted until dawn.

The political upheaval unleashed in Spain between nationalists and republicans, which led to a civil war, and finally at the establishment of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, he sealed his fate into exile in Argentina

It is worth noting that his exile was not due to persecution policy but he made his own voluntary decision to do so.

Although his colleagues and companions from the gatherings joined behind Falangism, he was a defender of republicanism.

In addition to the comfort that he found on Buenos Aires soil, there was a determining affective issue in the decision to settle in Buenos Aires, which was his sentimental union with the Argentine Luisa Sofovich.

His literary work continued in Argentina and his collaboration with the prestigious newspaper La Nación intensified.

Before Luisa, he had an intense relationship with the author and feminist activist Carmen de Burgos, known by the pseudonym Columbine, and who was twenty years her senior. Despite his attempts family To separate the defiant couple, they embarked on countless literary adventures and trips throughout Europe.

He died in Buenos Aires, in 1963, at the age of 74.