Leopoldo Alas Mínguez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leopoldo Alas Mínguez

Spanish journalist and writer

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1962

Place of Birth: Arnedo, La Rioja, Spain

Date of Death: 01-Aug-2008

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Leopoldo Alas Mínguez (4 September 1962 in Arnedo – 1 August 2008 in Madrid) was a Spanish writer, poet and editor.
He was the grand nephew of Leopoldo Alas "Clarin". He studied in Italian philology, and was one of the most important authors of homosexual literature in Spain.
Between 1987 and 1992 he directed Signos Magazine, which he founded together with Luis Cremades and Daniel Garbade, publishing important poetry by Rafael Alberti, Rainer Maria Rilke, Vicente Molina Foix.
Since 1986 he had written numerous articles for magazines and newspapers.