Álvaro Alcalá-Galiano y Osma

Marquis of Castel Bravo
Álvaro Alcalá-Galiano y Osma
Photograph by Christian Franzen (Mundo Gráfico, 1914)
Born(1886-04-29)April 29, 1886
DiedJuly 28, 1936(1936-07-28) (aged 50)
CitizenshipSpanish
OccupationsJournalist, writer, and historian
Political partySpanish Renovation
MovementAteneo de Madrid
Parents
HonoursLegion of Honour (1919)
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Álvaro Alcalá-Galiano y Osma (Madrid, 29 April 1886 – 28 July 1936) was a Spanish writer, literary critic, historian, and journalist, frequent contributor to newspaper ABC and magazine Acción Española. As a monarchist, he was influenced by Charles Maurras. While he was pro-Allied during the First World War, his writings later extolled Italian fascism and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and a strong anti-communism sentiment. He was a member of Spanish Renovation during the Second Republic and was executed at the beginning of the civil war in the Republican zone due to his support for the coup and his fascist ideology.

He held the title of marquis of Castel Bravo.