Ramón José Sender Garcés (3 February 1901 – 16 January 1982) was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist. Several of his works were translated into English by the distinguished zoologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, including Seven Red Sundays (Siete domingos rojos), Mr Witt Among the Rebels (Mr Witt en el cantón) and The War in Spain (Contraataque). During the Spanish Civil War Sender was among the contributors of El Mono Azul, a Republican literary magazine. Sender's son is the composer and writer Ramón Sender. One of his several grandchildren is Sol Sender, a designer best known for his work on the Obama campaign logo. Publications In Spanish Imán (1930) Siete domingos rojos (1932) Mr. Witt en el cantón (1935) Contraataque (1937) El lugar de un hombre (1939) Mexicayotl (1940) Crónica del alba (1942) La esfera (1947) El rey y la reina (1949) (Originally published in 1948 in English) El verdugo afable (1952) Mosén Millán (1953) (republished later in 1960 renamed as Requiem por un campesino español) Bizancio (1956) La tesis de Nancy (1962) El bandido adolescente (1965) La aventura equinoccial de Lope de Aguirre (1968) In English translation Mr. Witt Among the Rebels (1937); original Spanish: Mr. Witt en el cantón Seven Red Sundays (1938); original Spanish: Siete domingos rojos The War in Spain: A Personal Narrative (1937); original Spanish: Contraataque Chronicle of Dawn (1945); original Spanish: Crónica del alba The King and the Queen (1948) Requiem for a Spanish Peasant (1960); original Spanish: Requiem por un campesino español The Affable Hangman (1964); original Spanish: El verdugo afable References Further reading External links Profile Biography Ramón J. Sender: One of the most important Spanish expatriate writers 1901 births 1982 deaths People from Bajo Cinca Spanish anarchists Spanish male writers Aragonese writers Spanish people of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in France Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in Mexico Exiles of the Spanish Civil War in the United States