Froylán Turcios


Froylán Turcios was a Honduran writer, journalist and politician. He is considered one of the most important Honduran intellectuals of the early 20th century.

Background and political roles

He was born in Juticalpa, Olancho. He was Minister of Interior, Member of the National Congress of Honduras and delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva.
He was private secretary of guerrilla Augusto César Sandino in Nicaragua, and a personal friend of Rubén Darío, Juan Ramón Molina and many other intellectuals and philosophers.

Writing activities

He directed the Tegucigalpa daily paper El Tiempo and founded the journals, El Pensamiento, Revista Nueva, Arte y Letras and Esfinge, among others. In Guatemala he published the newspapers El Tiempo,El Domingo and in Honduras El Heraldo, El Nuevo Tiempo, and Boletín de La Defensa Nacional.

Violent themes

Turcios was especially against American involvement in Honduras, bitterly so. His literature tended to be violent stories, influenced by the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, with strong plots; indeed, in 'La Mejor Limosna', from Cuentos del Amor y la Muerte , Turcios' narrator seemingly advocates 'mercy killings'.

Works

He died in San Jose, Costa Rica but was returned to Honduras and buried in Tegucigalpa.