Adolfo Luna

Adolfo Luna y Ramos Isamat (January 3, 1871, SevilleNovember 28, 1902, Madrid) was a Spanish journalist, playwright, and writer.

Biography He was born on January 3, 1871, in Seville. He participated in the Spanish fin-de-siècle bohemian scene, attending the literary gatherings at the Café de Madrid. He was an editor for the Madrid newspapers El País, El Progreso (1898), and El Heraldo de Madrid. He also contributed to La Ilustración Española, El Gato Negro, Electra, La Correspondencia de España, La Vida Literaria, El Liberal, and Sol y Sombra. He was also a playwright,and wrote works such as Jilguero chico (1901). He died young, on November 28, 1902. He frequently used the pseudonym "Flirt", at least according to Eugenio Hartzenbusch e Hiriart (Maxiriart) in El País.

Luna was hunchbacked and had suffered from a chronic illness since adolescence; Pérez Nieva described him physically as "small, disproportionate, with long arms, a complete hunchback".