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Sánchez Hernández, Fidel

(Encyclopedia) Sánchez Hernández, FidelSánchez Hernández, Fidelfēdĕlˈ [key]Sánchez Hernández, Fidel, [key]Sánchez Hernández, Fidel sänˈchĕth [key]Sánchez Hernández, Fidel ārnänˈdās [key], 1917–2003,…

Hernández Martínez, Maximiliano

(Encyclopedia) Hernández Martínez, MaximilianoHernández Martínez, Maximilianomäkˌsēmēlyäˈnō ĕrnänˈdĕs märtēˈnĕs [key], 1882–1966, president of El Salvador (1931–44). An admirer of fascist theories,…

Hernández, José

(Encyclopedia) Hernández, JoséHernández, Joséhōsāˈ ārnänˈdĕs [key], 1834–86, Argentine poet, journalist, and soldier. Hernández lived in the pampas as a child. He was the author of the national…

Jaime

(Encyclopedia) Jaime. For Spanish rulers thus named, use James.

Hernández, Miguel

(Encyclopedia) Hernández, MiguelHernández, Miguelmēgĕlˈ [key]Hernández, Miguel ārnänˈdĕs [key], 1910–42, Spanish poet, b. Orihuela. A completely self-taught writer, he absorbed the influence of the…

Fernández, Gregório

(Encyclopedia) Fernández or Hernández, GregórioFernández or Hernández, Gregóriogrāgōˈrēō fārnänˈdāth, ārnänˈdāth [key], c.1576–1636, Spanish baroque sculptor. By 1605 he was established in Valladolid…

Torres Bodet, Jaime

(Encyclopedia) Torres Bodet, JaimeTorres Bodet, Jaimehīˈmā tôrˈrās bôdĕtˈ [key], 1902–74, Mexican poet, diplomat, short-story writer, and essayist. Torres Bodet's first book of poems, Fervor (1918),…

Catalan art

(Encyclopedia) Catalan artCatalan artkătˈəlăn, –lən [key]. In Catalonia and the territories of the counts of Barcelona, art flowered in the early Middle Ages and continued to flourish through the…

Hernández

(Encyclopedia) Hernández. For some Spaniards thus named, use Fernández.