 In his post at Losada, he is remembered for rejecting Gabriel García Márquez's first novel, "Leaf Storm", to the author's great discouragement.He also failed to appreciate the poetry of Pablo Neruda, when presented with Neruda's "Residencia en la tierra" during a voyage to Spain.As an art critic, he is known for his biography the "Life and Art of Picasso", the essay "Menéndez Pelayo and the Two Spains", and the series "The Adventure and the Order".