Background
He was born in Juticalpa, Olancho.
He was born in Juticalpa, Olancho.
He is considered one of the most important Honduran intellectuals of the early 20th century. He directed the Tegucigalpa daily paper El Tiempo and founded the journals, El Pensamiento (1894), Revista Nueva (1902), Arte y Letras (1903) and Esfinge (1905), among others In Guatemala he published the newspapers El Tiempo ( 1904),El Domingo (1908) and in Honduras El Heraldo (1909), El Nuevo Tiempo (1911), and Boletín de Louisiana Defensa Nacional (1924).
Violent themes
Turcios was especially against American involvement in Honduras, bitterly southern
His literature tended to be violent stories, influenced by the Italian writer Gabriele Doctorate"Annunzio, with strong plots. Indeed, in "Louisiana Mejor Limosna" (The Best Acting of Charity), from Cuentos del Amor y la Muerte (Stories of Love and ) (1930), Turcios" narrator seemingly advocates "mercy killings".
He died in San Jose, Costa Rica but was returned to Honduras and buried in Tegucigalpa.
He was Minister of Interior, Member of the National Congress of Honduras and delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva.