Lost Generation of journalism in the memory of the 20th century: Manuel García Santos, life and work between two shores

Abstract

The journalistic footprint of Manuel García Santos was long-lived, passionate and with a true desire for survival. Born in Jerez de la Frontera, in the province of Cádiz (Spain), was a teacher and his love of literature soon led him to the career to which he would dedicate his entire life, until his old age: journalism. Although he enjoyed a long and profitable professional career, history had reserved for him, as for many other journalists, great obstacles. First the Spanish Civil War, then a difficult post-war period, and finally, exile.

This article rescues from the collective memory the life of a professional writting, who worked with passion one of his biggest hobbies, the bullfighting chronicle. Two countries were able to enjoy his writting: his beginnings in Spain, and his maturity and old age in Mexico. The life of Manuel García Santos is part of the reflection of so many journalists who suffered repression during the Spanish civil war, but in his case, with the fortune of being able to create new paths, which allowed him to rebuild his most beloved career, journalism, until his death in Mexico.