Javier Pradera

His first piece for El País was published on 16 May 1976. Outside of El País, Pradera worked as the director of the publishing firm, Alianza Editorial, and founded the publishing house, Siglo XXI. Pradera was born on 28 April 1934 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa. His grandfather, Víctor Pradera Larumbe, a politician who founded the Bloque Nacional, now a defunct conservative party, was killed by anarchists in 1936. His father, Javier Pradera, was also assassinated just one day after his grandfather. Pradera completed his law degree as a cum laude from Complutense University. He found work within the legal department of the Franco's era Spanish Air Force. However, Pradera was arrested in February 1956 for taking part in anti-Franco university protests, which cost him his job. Pradera turned from his family's politically conservative traditions and joined the Communist Party of Spain, which was banned during the Franco era. However, he left the part in 1964 following the expulsions of Jorge Semprún and Fernando Claudín in a party purge. Pradera and Fernando Savater, a Basque philosopher, co-founded the Claves de Razón Práctica magazine in 1990. Pradera died on 20 November 2011 at the age of 77. The piece, which he titled Al borde del abismo (On the brink of the abyss), warned against a potential interim government for Spain if the European sovereign debt crisis worsened.

The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is political analysis, opinion journalism and law. Employment is recorded with Autonomous University of Madrid. Distinctions recorded are Francisco Cerecedo Prize and medal of the Order of Constitutional Merit.

• Name — Javier Pradera • Born — 28 April 1934 • Birthplace — San Sebastián • Died — 20 November 2011