Ignacio Aldecoa

José Ignacio Aldecoa e Isasi (24 July 1925 – 15 November 1969) was a Spanish writer.

The young Aldecoa was affectionately known as Iñaki in the home and enjoyed a happy and lively childhood marred only by his experience of school.

El fulgor forms part of a projected trilogy: the first part, El fulgor deals with the Civil Guard; the second (Con el viento solano, 1956), deals with to some extent with gypsies, traditional enemies, not to say victims, of the Guards; the third part, Los pozos, never appeared but apparently dealt with bullfighters.

Within the obvious limits dictated by prudence, Aldecoa seeks to approach the issue of the Civil War impartially in El fulgor, which contains many flashbacks and reminiscences of the 1930s, though set in 1948.

His narrative work reflected the neorealism current in Spain in the 1950s, and his stories have the flavour of an experience felt and lived.