WRITER

Camilo José Cela

1916 - 2002

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Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (Spanish: [kamilo xoˈse ˈθela]; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, 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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Camilo José Cela has received more than 451,232 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Camilo José Cela is the 657th most popular writer (down from 597th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Spain (down from 187th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Spanish Writer.

Camilo José Cela was a Spanish novelist and winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is most famous for his novel, La colmena (The Hive), which was published in 1957.

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  • 82

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

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  • 6.27

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Notable Works

La familia de Pascual Duarte
1942
Colmena
1953
Judíos, moros y cristianos
1956
Viaje a la Alcarria
1953
Familia de Pascual Duarte
Spanish literature
A Spanish peasant imprisoned in a world of poverty, ignorance, and hate, seeks to avenge himself on fate by committing a series of meaningless murders.
1964
Gavilla de fábulas sin amor
Cuentos españoles
1965

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Camilo José Cela ranks 657 out of 7,302. Before him are Eugène Sue, Ernest Thompson Seton, Giosuè Carducci, Ryszard Kapuściński, Pietro Metastasio, and Ursula K. Le Guin. After him are Washington Irving, Frontinus, Ian McEwan, Isabelle de Charrière, Aratus, and Giambattista Basile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Camilo José Cela ranks 26. Before him are Herbert A. Simon, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Hans Eysenck, Maurice Wilkins, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and Alexander Prokhorov. After him are Jack Vance, Robert McNamara, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Natalia Ginzburg, Dương Văn Minh, and Abdul Rahman Arif. Among people deceased in 2002, Camilo José Cela ranks 26. Before him are Ivan Illich, Linda Lovelace, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Fritz Walter, Abu Nidal, and Alexander Prokhorov. After him are Nándor Hidegkuti, Archer Martin, Robert Nozick, Jonas Savimbi, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, and Rod Steiger.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Camilo José Cela ranks 197 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco Suárez (1548), Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía (1510), Frederick III of Sicily (1272), Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1726), Alfonso III of Asturias (848), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240). After him are Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (1629), Amaro Pargo (1678), Eleanor of Toledo (1522), Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1822), Matilde Camus (1919), and Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Camilo José Cela ranks 20. Before him are Francisco de Quevedo (1584), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Judah Halevi (1079), Columella (4), Leo Africanus (1494), and Tirso de Molina (1579). After him are Matilde Camus (1919), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Luis de Góngora (1561), Antonio Machado (1875), and Vicente Aleixandre (1898).

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