He then wrote La pasión turca, that was made into a film by Vicente Aranda and starred by the actress and singer Ana Belén. He then went on to write Más allá del jardín (1995), also made into a film by Pedro Olea, and with Concha Velasco and Mari Carrillo as female stars; La regla de tres (1996); Las afueras de Dios (1999)… up until Los papeles de agua (2008), his last novel. He also published short stories: El corazón tardío, Los invitados al jardín or El dueño de la herida.
As a poet, he resisted editing his poetry until 1997, when he finally gave in and published a collection of his poems under the title Poemas de amor, which achieved extraordinary sales figures for a poetry book. Then came El poema de Tobías desangelado, which tells the journey of Tobias without the angel’s company.
He has also written TV scripts, including, Si las piedras hablaran (1972), presented by Natalia Figueroa and produced by different producers: a look into the most important settings in the Spanish history.
Paisaje con figuras (1976), that showed the most relevant figures in Spanish history, from Goya to Rosalía de Castro, Murillo or Ana of Austria, and presented by Antonio Gala himself. Some of these scripts received prestigious awards in Spain and abroad.
From 1976 until 1998, he wrote a weekly column for El País newspaper. These columns were later published as a book. Among his articles, it is worth mentioning Charlas con Troylo (1981), Dedicado a Tobías (1988), Cuaderno de la Dama de Otoño (1985), La soledad sonora (1989), La casa sosegada (1998), etc. Tronera was the first of his daily articles for El Mundo newspaper, which he wrote from 1992 to 2015. There he cried his despair over what he called “professional politicians”, but also touched social, artistic and religious topics, among others. There were also articles under his byline in Pueblo, Sábado Gráfico, Actualidad Española, among other newspapers.
