Fernando Sánchez Dragó (2 October 1936 – 10 April 2023) was a Spanish writer and television host.
Biography
Fernando Sánchez Dragó was born in the Salamanca district of Madrid, the posthumous son of Fernando Sánchez Monreal, a journalist who was killed in the Spanish Civil War by the Francoist Nationalist faction. His father was director of the news agency Febus, as well as director of the agency Noti-Sport.[1]
Labelled a "new reactionary",[2] he however described himself as an individualist libertarian anarchist. The author of more than 45 books, he won the 1979 Premio Nacional de Ensayo for his essay Gárgoris y Habidis. Una historia mágica de España. This work has been criticised because of its antisemitic content,[3] mostly attacking Ashkenazi Jews.[4]
Sánchez Dragó also won the 1992 Premio Planeta for his novel La prueba del laberinto and the 2006 Fernando Lara Novel Award for his book based on the life and death of his father, Muertes paralelas.[5]
In a 2010 work entitled Dios los cría... y ellos hablan de sexo, drogas, España, corrupción..., Sánchez Dragó bragged about having had sex with two thirteen year-old minors during his time in Japan in 1967.[6][7][8][9]
A noted endorsement in the meeting of the far-right political party Vox celebrated in the Palacio Vistalegre in October 2018, he vowed to support 90% of the party political programme.[10][11]
Sánchez Dragó died on 10 April 2023, at age 86, after suffering a heart attack at his residence in Castilfrío de la Sierra.[12]
Works
España viva (Muchnik Editores, 1967)
Gárgoris y Habidis|Gárgoris y Habidis. Una Historia mágica de España (Libros Hiperión, 1978)
La España mágica: Epítome de Gárgoris y Habidis (Alianza Editorial, 1983)