 He graduated in Law from the Universidad Central.Although he had begun his literary career at thirteen in the Gijón daily "El Comercio", his first literary success was reached in 1900, when he won with his novella "Aires de mar" the first prize in a competition of the magazine "Blanco y Negro", on whose judging panel were José Echegaray, Benito Pérez Galdós and José Ortega Munilla.Since then he collaborated on the top newspapers and magazines in Spain ("Blanco y Negro", "Helios", "Hojas Selectas", "ABC", "La Ilustración Española y Americana", etc.)