Chumy Chúmez, miembro de El Club de la Sonrisa

Abstract

Chumy Chumez, pseudonym of Jose Maria Gonzalez Castrillo, published in 1956 El manzano de tres patas and two years later, Mi tio Gustavo que en gloria este. Both works included in the collection of humour books, El Club de la Sonrisa (The Smile Club), by the publishing house Taurus. This is about two unique works in the career of an author who was known, especially, for his task as a cartoonist. On the one hand, they cover this artist’s entire universe of emotions, on the other hand, to some extent, they can be considered part of those belonging to the humour of the Spanish literary generation El Otro 27. Every work will be analysed independently and in connection with the 50’s literary humour. Several conclusions will be drawn from this examination, such as the literary quality of Chumy Chumez, comparable to other writers like Miguel Mihura or Rafael Azcona.