Camilo José Cela

Novelist, Author

1916 – 2002

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Who was Camilo José Cela?

Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquis of Iria Flavia was a Spanish novelist, short story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.

He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature "for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability".

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Born
May 11, 1916
Iria Flavia
Also known as
  • Camilo Jose Cela
  • Camilo Cela
  • Camilo José Cela y Trulock
Parents
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Galician people
Nationality
  • Spain
Profession
Education
  • Complutense University of Madrid
Died
Jan 17, 2002
Madrid

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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