JOSÉ LÓPEZ PINILLOS - SPANISH WRITER

Can José López Pinillos (Pármeno), 1875–1922, be considered a forgotten writer in Spain? I believe so. Yet he is far from alone. Countless writers have fallen by the wayside of notoriety and now rest on the soft, dusty shoulders of oblivion.

A glance at his Cómo se conquista la notoriedad: Los favoritos de la multitud (Editorial Pueyo, calle Arenal, 6) confirms his mastery as a journalist. In this volume, López Pinillos interviews leading figures of his time: Alejandro Lerroux, General Valeriano Weyler, Álvaro de Figueroa y Torres, José Francos Rodríguez, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Carlos Arniches, and others now less remembered. Together, they illuminate the intellectual world of Spain a hundred years ago.

It is well worth opening these pages to discover how they saw their world—and, perhaps, how much of it still lingers in ours.