Froylán Turcios (July 7, 1875 – November 19, 1943) was a Honduran writer, journalist and politician.
He was private secretary of guerrilla Augusto César Sandino in Nicaragua, a personal friend of Rubén Darío, Juan Ramón Molina and many other intellectuals and philosophers.
In March 1924, following the occupation of Tegucigalpa's central plaza by a force of nearly 200 United States marines, Turcios commenced publication of a series of newsletters called the Bulletin of National Defense (Boletín de la Defensa Nacional), a medium through which Hondurans and other Latin Americans -- primarily intellectuals and journalists -- protested the US invasion.
His literature tended to be violent stories, influenced by the Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio, with strong plots; indeed, in 'La Mejor Limosna' (The Best Act of Charity), from Cuentos del Amor y la Muerte (Stories of Love and Death) (1930), Turcios' narrator seemingly advocates 'mercy killings'.
[1] He died in San Jose, Costa Rica but was returned to Honduras and buried in Tegucigalpa.