José Ros García (1920 - 2001) was a Spanish-born

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who lived and worked for the latter part of his life in Australia. He originally trained as an electronics technician (radio diploma 1949) in Spain. He married his wife Carmen in 1952 (she died 2006) and they had two children together, Maria and Frank. Born in

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, he was an accomplished poet who published often under the

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Francisco José. Many of his works were broadcast over the international Spanish radio station

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under the auspices of renown broadcaster Rafaela De La Torre. He also contributed regularly in ''El Español En Australia'', a national weekly newspaper based in

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. In October 1975, José won the 'Concurso Literario En Prosa' (Literary Competition in Prose) Carta De España, Hogar Español in Melbourne, Australia. In 1984 he won the prestigious Cervantes award and was awarded the 'Pergamino De Honor' (Parchment of Honour) following a Spanish literature competition in

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. He died in April 2001 in

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* www.waratahpress.com.au {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Jose Ros 1920 births 2001 deaths Spanish expatriates in Australia Spanish male poets 20th-century Spanish poets 20th-century Spanish male writers