Person - Fernández de Villegas Niño, Jorge (1920-2002)

Fernández de Villegas Niño, Jorge (1920-2002)

Identification

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Person

Preferred form:

Fernández de Villegas Niño, Jorge (1920-2002)Other forms

Fechas de existencia:

Barcelona (España)  1920 - Ciudad de México (México)  2002-05-16 (El redactor desconoce la fecha exacta del nacimiento.)

History:

He was the son of Purificación Fernández de Villegas (sister of the famous actress Amparo Villegas), who was married to a well-known theater manager. Jorge enlisted the people's army at the age of 16 (1936). He became an officer soon due to his intellectual and leadership qualities. He was imprisoned for 5 years when the war ended. After his release, he crossed the Atlantic, where he met his wife, África Medina Navascués, a veterinarian. She was the daughter of María Navascués and Manuel Medina.

He had contact with several Mexican and Latin American writers as well as with other Spanish exiled intellectuals while he stayed in Mexico.

Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939

Date of the event: 1936 - 1939

 

Places

Lugar de Residencia:

Ciudad de México (México)

Lugar de Nacimiento:

Barcelona (España) in 1920

Lugar de Defunción:

Ciudad de México (México) in 2002-05-16

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Family relationships :

Medina Navascués, África (1915-2005)  - Marriage (Esta casado/a con)

Fernandez de Villegas Niño, Cristino (1888-1968)  - Collateral (Es sobrino/a de)

Medina García, Manuel (1887-1961)  - Collateral (Es yerno/nuera de)

Navascués González, María (1886-1959)  - Collateral (Es yerno/nuera de)

Robles Fernández, Francisco (1920-1990)  - Collateral (Es primo/a de)

Villegas, Amparo (1885-1969)  - Collateral (Es sobrino/a de)

Villegas Niño, Margarita (1899-1983)  - Collateral (Es sobrino/a de)

Fernández de Villegas, Purificación (1887-1968)  - Descendant (Es hijo/a de)

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