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(Encyclopedia) Benet, Juan bənetˈ [key], 1927–93, Spanish novelist and essayist. He earned a degree in civil engineering and worked as a highway engineer before publishing (1961) his first work, Nunca llegarás ...

(Encyclopedia) Maino, Juan Bautista: see Mayno, Juan Bautista. ...

(Encyclopedia) Masip, Vicente Juan: see Macip, Vicente Juan. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fernández Navarrete, Juan: see Navarrete, Juan Fernández. ...

(Encyclopedia) Juanes, Juan de: see Macip, Vicente Juan. ...

(Encyclopedia) Enzina, Juan del: see Encina, Juan del. ...

(Encyclopedia) Facundo Quiroga, Juan: see Quiroga, Juan Facundo. ...

(Encyclopedia) López, Vicente Fidel lōˈpās [key], 1815–1903, Argentine historian, journalist, and politician; son of Vicente López y Planes. A member of the group that opposed the dictatorship of Juan Manuel...

(Encyclopedia) Negrín, Juan hwän nāgrēnˈ [key], 1891–1956, Spanish statesman. A professor of physiology at the Univ. of Madrid, he was active in the Socialist party and was elected to the Cortes in 1931. Afte...

(Encyclopedia) Rulfo, Juan hwän ro͞olˈfō [key], 1918–86, Mexican writer. In his fiction he recreates the desolation of his native southern Jalisco and brings to life its simple people in a harsh and tragic man...