Spanish journalist and literary critic (1854-1913)
Antonio Cortón (May 29, 1854 in San Juan – September 6, 1913 in Madrid) was a Puerto Rican writer, journalist and literary critic. He traveled to and from Spain and was a newspaper editor for a Barcelona paper during the Spanish Restoration, after Spain lost Puerto Rico and other colonies in the Spanish–American War. He wrote , and the biography of José de Espronceda, a Spanish poet.
Life and career.
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 29 May 1854, Cortón collaborated on newspaper publications such as: "La Araña", "Don Simplicio", "El Progreso", "La Razón", "El Tribuno" and "El Buscapié" and "El Correo de Ultramar", and newspapers in Madrid such as "El Globo", "Revista Ilustrada" and "El Imparcial".
In 1879 he moved to Spain with his widowed mother.
In the March 1898 elections he obtained a deputy seat for Guayama and Mayagüez districts in Puerto Rico. By 1902, he was editor and interim director of the Barcelona edition of "El Liberal" and collaborated on "La Vanguardia". He died in 1913 in Madrid.
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