This article is about an El Salvadoran writer. For the Mexican boxer, see Miguel Angel Espino.
Miguel Ángel Espino (17 December 1902 – 1 October 1967) was a Salvadoran writer, journalist and lawyer.
Miguel Ángel Espino - 1947
Life
Born into a literary family, Espino was the younger brother of the lyric poet Alfredo Espino. His grandfather was Don Antonio Najarro (1850-1890), also a published poet.
A stroke in 1951 ended his literary career. He spent the last few years of his life in Mexico, where he died.
Published works
Mitología de Cuscatlán (eng. Cuscatlán mythology) (1919), a collection of Indian legends.
Como Cantan Allá (eng. How to Sing Back) (1926), a collection of short stories
Trenes (eng. Trains) (1940), a novel.
Hombres Contra la Muerte (eng. Men Against Death) (1940), a novel set in Belize, published in Guatemala in 1942.
Both novels were translated into French and English, and in 1948 he was awarded a literary prize by the El Salvadoran government for Men Against Death.