Born in Orihuela in May 1921. A journalist and lawyer, he was a correspondent for La Vanguardia, a critic in Las Provincias and the director of Radio Mediterráneo. In 1946, with other young journalists, he founded Triunfo, a weekly film magazine, which became a general information magazine in 1962. In 1955, at the request of Bardem, he took over the film magazine Objetivo, which was suspended shortly afterwards. In 1957, he founded Primer Acto, a theatre journal, and in 1962, Nuestro Cine. In 1972, based on a project by Chumy Chúmez, he founded the weekly humorous magazine Hermano Lobo and, in 1974, the monthly review Tiempo de Historia. With Triunfo, during the dictatorship, he achieved wide social recognition even though it was subject to fiercely repressive censorship. In 1971 and 1975, it was sanctioned with two four-month suspensions. Finally, in 1976, things seemed to return to normal. In 1982, thirty years ago, Triunfo ceased publication.