 In November 1938, Cunqueiro moved to San Sebastián and wrote for "La Voz de España".He was also a subdirector for "Vértice", a publication of the National Delegation of Press and Propaganda, in which he published "The Story of the Knight Rafael" (1939), his first fiction in Spanish.After Madrid was occupied by the Nationalist army, Cunqueiro moved there and began to write for ABC.