Article Author: Michael Burns

The author, now long retired, spent much of his working life representing an international commercial company, first in Liverpool and later in London, where his responsibilities included work with Spain. His lifelong love of Spanish language and literature was shaped in part by summers spent with a Catalan family in his youth. Inspired by his ‘hero’, Professor E. Allison Peers, he has developed a deep interest in the Spanish spiritual classics, particularly those of Carmel. He holds a B.A. Honours degree in Spanish.