Luis Chamizo Trigueros
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Luis Florencio Chamizo Trigueros (Guareña
(Badajoz
), 7 November 1894 –Madrid
, 24 December 1945) was a Spanish
writer in Castilian
and "Castúo", a dialect in Extremadura
. He was born within a humble family and he started writing poems secretly.
He went later to Madrid and Seville
, where he graduated from a high school and a commercial school. After finishing studies in law, he returned to his native village.
In 1921 he moved to Guadalcanal
(Seville), where he met his future wife and the mother of his five daughters, Virtudes Cordo Nogales.
In 1924 he was elected, accidentally, mayor of Guadalcanal and was chosen as a member of the Real Academia de Buenas Letras.
Guareña
Guareña is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 7,326 and an area of 283.3 km².-External links:* *...
(Badajoz
Badajoz
Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain, situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid–Lisbon railway. The population in 2007 was 145,257....
), 7 November 1894 –Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, 24 December 1945) was a Spanish
Spain
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writer in Castilian
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and "Castúo", a dialect in Extremadura
Extremadura
Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...
. He was born within a humble family and he started writing poems secretly.
He went later to Madrid and Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
, where he graduated from a high school and a commercial school. After finishing studies in law, he returned to his native village.
In 1921 he moved to Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal is a tropical island in the South-Western Pacific. The largest island in the Solomons, it was discovered by the Spanish expedition of Alvaro de Mendaña in 1568...
(Seville), where he met his future wife and the mother of his five daughters, Virtudes Cordo Nogales.
In 1924 he was elected, accidentally, mayor of Guadalcanal and was chosen as a member of the Real Academia de Buenas Letras.