1916 - 2002
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 428,514 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Camilo José Cela is the 598th most popular writer (up from 645th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Spain (down from 178th in 2019) and the 16th 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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Among writers, Camilo José Cela ranks 598 out of 5,755. Before him are Samuel Butler, Eugène Sue, Michael Crichton, Samuel Johnson, Demetrius Vikelas, and Alessandro Manzoni. After him are France Prešeren, Pierre Loti, Anton Makarenko, John Donne, Ludwig Tieck, and Anne Rice.
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 592
1804 - 1857
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 593
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 594
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 595
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 596
1785 - 1873
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 597
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 598
1800 - 1849
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 599
1850 - 1923
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 600
1888 - 1939
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 601
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 602
1773 - 1853
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 603
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 604
Among people born in 1916, Camilo José Cela ranks 21. Before him are Herbert A. Simon, João Havelange, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Hans Eysenck, Yehudi Menuhin, and Maurice Wilkins. After him are Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Robert McNamara, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Dương Văn Minh, Natalia Ginzburg, and Marcel Cerdan. Among people deceased in 2002, Camilo José Cela ranks 21. Before him are Niki de Saint Phalle, Chuck Jones, James Coburn, Ivan Illich, Rod Steiger, and Valeriy Lobanovskyi. After him are Linda Lovelace, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Robert Nozick, Nándor Hidegkuti, Fritz Walter, and James Tobin.
1916 - 2001
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 15
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 16
1916 - 1993
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 17
1916 - 1997
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 18
1916 - 1999
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 19
1916 - 2004
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 20
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 21
1916 - 2010
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 22
1916 - 2009
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 23
1916 - 2003
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 24
1916 - 2001
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 25
1916 - 1991
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 26
1916 - 1949
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 27
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 15
1912 - 2002
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 16
1928 - 2002
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 17
1926 - 2002
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 18
1925 - 2002
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 19
1939 - 2002
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 20
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 21
1949 - 2002
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 22
1930 - 2002
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 23
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 24
1922 - 2002
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 25
1920 - 2002
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 26
1918 - 2002
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 27
Among people born in Spain, Camilo José Cela ranks 187 out of 2,932. Before him are Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Frederick III of Sicily (1272), Tirso de Molina (1579), Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Adolfo Suárez (1932), and Luis Carrero Blanco (1904). After him are Al-Hakam II (915), Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895), Andrés Segovia (1893), Buenaventura Durruti (1896), Penélope Cruz (1974), and Blanche I of Navarre (1387).
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 181
1272 - 1337
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 182
1579 - 1648
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 183
1485 - 1541
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 184
1932 - 2014
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 185
1904 - 1973
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 186
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 187
915 - 976
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 188
1895 - 1972
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 189
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 190
1896 - 1936
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 191
1974 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 192
1387 - 1441
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 193
Among writers born in Spain, Camilo José Cela ranks 16. Before him are Seneca the Elder (-54), Henry IV of Castile (1425), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), Francisco de Quevedo (1584), and Tirso de Molina (1579). After him are Leo Africanus (1494), Columella (4), Luis de Góngora (1561), Judah Halevi (1079), Jacinto Benavente (1866), and Antonio Machado (1875).
54 BC - 39
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 10
1425 - 1474
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 11
64 BC - 17
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 12
1881 - 1958
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 13
1584 - 1645
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 14
1579 - 1648
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 15
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 16
1494 - 1554
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 17
4 - 70
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 18
1561 - 1627
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 19
1079 - 1141
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 20
1866 - 1954
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 21
1875 - 1939
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 22