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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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Camilo José Cela is the 552nd most popular writer (up from 656th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 197th in 2019) and the 11th 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 552 out of 7,302. Before him are Enid Blyton, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Rudaki, Madame de La Fayette, and Anaïs Nin. After him are Robert A. Heinlein, Alice Munro, Yunus Emre, Henry IV of Castile, Matilde Camus, and Elie Wiesel.

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Among people born in 1916, Camilo José Cela ranks 21. Before him are Ahmed Ben Bella, João Havelange, Olivia de Havilland, Yehudi Menuhin, Jean Dausset, and Christian B. Anfinsen. After him are Claude Shannon, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Hans Eysenck, Sune Bergström, Maurice Wilkins, and Harold Wilson. Among people deceased in 2002, Camilo José Cela ranks 19. Before him are László Kubala, Traudl Junge, Niki de Saint Phalle, George Porter, Vavá, and Chuck Jones. After him are James Coburn, B. D. Jatti, Fritz Walter, Ivan Illich, Rod Steiger, and Linda Lovelace.

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Among people born in Spain, Camilo José Cela ranks 153 out of 3,355. Before him are Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507), Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155), Seneca the Elder (-54), Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567), Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1726), and Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713). After him are Henry IV of Castile (1425), Matilde Camus (1919), James II of Aragon (1267), John II of Castile (1405), Amaro Pargo (1678), and Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Camilo José Cela ranks 11. Before him are Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), Quintilian (35), Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Jacinto Benavente (1866), Martial (40), and Seneca the Elder (-54). After him are Henry IV of Castile (1425), Matilde Camus (1919), Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Joan Fuster (1922), and Francisco de Quevedo (1584).

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