Yglesias

	Yglesias Yglesias is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * The Yglesias literary and journalistic family Helen Yglesias (née Bassine) (1915–2008), American novelist, wife of Jose Jose Yglesias (1919–1995), American novelist, husband of Helen Rafael Yglesias (born 1954), American novelist and screenwriter, son of Jose and Helen Matthew Yglesias (born 1981), American journalist, son of Rafael * Rafael Yglesias Castro (1861–1924), Costa Rican politician See also Iglesias (surname) Iglesias is a Spanish surname, meaning " churches". Notables with this name include The Iglesias family of Spain Julio Iglesias Sr. (1915–2005), gynecologist, father of Julio * Julio Iglesias (born 1943) singer, father of: ** Chabeli ... {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Matthew Yglesias Matthew Yglesias (; born May 18, 1981) is a liberal American blogger and journalist who writes about economics and politics. Yglesias has written columns and articles for publications such as ''The American Prospect'', ''The Atlantic'', and ''Slate''. In November 2020, he left his position as an editor and columnist for the news website ''Vox'', which he co-founded in 2014, to publish the Substack newsletter ''Slow Boring''. Early life and education Yglesias's father Rafael Yglesias is a screenwriter and novelist, and he has a brother named Nicolas. His paternal grandparents were novelists Jose Yglesias and Helen Yglesias (née Bassine). His paternal grandfather was of Cuban and Spanish Galician descent, and his three other grandparents were of Eastern European Jewish descent. Yglesias went to high school at the Dalton School in New York City. He attended Harvard University, where he was editor in chief of ''The Harvard Independent'' and graduated in 2003 with a B.A. ''magna cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rafael Yglesias Castro Rafael Anselmo José Yglesias Castro (18 April 1861 – 10 April 1924) was a Costa Rican politician who served as President of Costa Rica for two consecutive periods from 1894 to 1902. Biography He was born to Demetrio Yglesias Llorente and Eudoxia Castro Fernandez, whose father was also president, the "Founder of the Republic" José María Castro who served two terms, 1847–1849 and 1866–1868. Yglesias traveled to the United States and to Europe to further his education. He also studied law at the university of Santo Tomas, but was unable to complete his studies due to his parents' economic difficulties at the time. He went into business, but did not meet with much success in that arena. He got married in a civil ceremony to Rosa Banuet Ross, in the capital of Cartago. They had two girls, Berta and Rosa (official records of this marriage were destroyed in the earthquake of Cartago in 1910). He served as Minister of War (1890-1894). Yglesias and Rosa were divorced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Helen Yglesias Helen Bassine Yglesias (March 29, 1915 – March 28, 2008) was an American novelist. Early life Yglesias was the youngest of seven children born to Solomon and Kate Bassine, both Yiddish-speaking immigrants from the Russian-controlled portion of Poland who lived in an apartment in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Solomon Bassine was the failed owner of several grocery stores. Helen wrote her first novel about a teenage girl in a New York City high school, on three notebooks on her kitchen table when she was a teenager herself. The book was never published, however, and, after high school, she worked at jobs selling underwear, stuffing envelopes, teaching ballroom dancing, and typing manuscripts. Yglesias worked as an editor at ''The Nation'' from 1965 to 1969, by which time she was a mother of 3. Career Helen Yglesias was on the staff of ''The Daily Worker'' during the 1940s where she wrote books reviews and edited the cultural section of the paper. In 1964 she became a staff member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Jose Yglesias Jose Yglesias (November 29, 1919November 7, 1995) was an American novelist and journalist. Life and career Yglesias was born in the Ybor City district of Tampa, Florida. His father was from the Spanish region of Galicia and his mother was a native of Cuba. He moved to New York City in 1937 and served in the United States Navy during World War II. He studied at Black Mountain College and was a film critic for the Communist Party USA newspaper ''The Daily Worker''. He lived in New York City and Brooklin, Maine. From 1953 to 1963 he held an executive position at the pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp and Dohme. He published fifteen books and wrote articles for ''The New Yorker'', ''Esquire'', ''The New York Times Magazine'' and other periodicals. In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War."Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 ''New York Post'' Yglesias was the patriarch of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rafael Yglesias Rafael Yglesias is an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his novels, Hide Fox, And All After, A Happy Marriage, and the 1993 movie ''Fearless'', which he adapted from his own novel of the same name. He is the father of Nicholas and Matthew Yglesias. Career Yglesias was born in New York in 1954, son of novelist and journalist Jose Yglesias, and author Helen Yglesias. He began writing screenplays in 1980. ''Fearless'', directed by Peter Weir and starring Jeff Bridges, was critically acclaimed and led to Rosie Perez being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carla Rodrigo. The film was also entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Jeff Bridges' role as Max Klein is widely regarded as one of the best performances of his career. Yglesias' other screenplays include '' Death and the Maiden'', directed by Roman Polanski and based on the play by Ariel Dorfman; ''Les Misérables'', directed by Bille August and based on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]