The author and journalist Alonso Ibarrola dies, this time it was critical | Culture | EUROtoday

We simply left Alonso Ibarrola – he appreciated to signal and name him – (San Sebastián, 90 years outdated). Journalist, author, kinephil, melómano, joker, an endearing man. From his multifaceted profile which will go away better echo is his mastery within the brief story, dyed of a caustic humor, clever, generally even absurd and pulling black. The nice grasp of journalists Eduardo Haro Teclen referred to as him “almost clandestine” writer, evaluating it with the greats of Hispanic humor, equivalent to Jardiel Poncela, Mihura or Edgar Neville. With Haro Tecilen and with OPS (who now indicators just like the damaged one) agreed within the weekly Wolf brothera glimpse of freedom in full Franco; Those texts of Ibarrola might be in comparison with the acidic drawings of OPS/the damaged.

Although he additionally wrote a novel, they’re the brief (generally surreal) tales the place he greatest expressed his expertise and his intensive information. To his first e book, Depetrismany different collections of tales adopted, for greater than thirty years. Some of them appeared in full Franco – vital, subsequently – and that supposed a breath of contemporary air. Among different volumes, Firecillas for residents respectful of the legislation o Stories for bourgeoisthis by Cesare Zavattini (the good screenwriter and Pilar of Italian Neorealism, to which Ibarrola devoted a few research), and translated into a number of languages. Some of their tales have been collected in anthologies equivalent to Please be temporaryalong with properly -known names of common literature.

José Manuel Alonso Ibarrola was born in San Sebastián, in 1934. In 1962 he moved to Madrid, with varied journalistic initiatives in his fingers, however by no means stopped “exercising from Vasco”, imitating speech and breaking matters, with some slying generally, but additionally investigating little recognized Basque figures, such because the explorer and adventurous Sunday of Bonechea.

His side as a journalist was exercised in weekly Economic Spain, Young world (the place he integrated José María Íñigo as a collaborator) or the journal Counterpoint. In these years, as well as, he devoted himself to tv criticism in weekly Colony program y To the superlatethat got here to direct. He additionally signed a column of tv critic within the newspaper for years Ofalong with taking part in symposia and congresses.

As of 1994 he devoted himself absolutely to journey literature, collaborating in a very powerful specialised magazines, in addition to within the corresponding sections of newspapers such because the nationLa Vanguardia, the newspaper Basqueand so forth. France and Italy have been two of their favourite locations, and the results of their adventures are books like Naples, Mine Italy, You cannot say unpunidly “I love you” in Venice, Paris, Tahiti and its islands o Trips for mitómanosthe place a sequence of cultural routes to England or Vienna extends.

In brief distances, José Manuel was an ideal conversationalist, due to his encyclopedic information. You might spend hours speaking to him about literature, after all, but additionally of cinema, opera or music basically, particularly if opera and cinema have been Italians. This love of music awarded an sudden prize: making a report on Verdi, at his busSeto’s home, revealing the slide taken to the piano, appeared, semi -veiled, clear, the “ghost” of Verdi. This look served him for a lot of hours of discuss and desktop.

His youngsters Íñigo, Beatriz and José Manuel, his associates (those that are staying) and his readers will all the time bear in mind José Manuel with that half smile that continues to trigger their tales, a complete and mourning grimace. Because laughs aside, and as Gil de Biedma would say, we’ve got understood that this time the factor was critical.