Francisco José Alcántara
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Francisco José Alcántara (1922–1999) was a Spanish writer and journalist. He was born in Haro and grew up in
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. He worked as a Jesuit missionary in
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, and afterwards returning to civilian life, studied in
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. He is best known for his novel ''La muerte le sienta bien a Villalobos'' which won the
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in 1954.


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20th-century Spanish journalists 20th-century Spanish novelists Jesuit missionaries in Colombia 1922 births 1999 deaths Spanish expatriates in Colombia {{Spain-writer-stub