Camilo José Cela

Spanish writer (1916–2002)

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Lived 1916–2002, aged 86Spain
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    83 languages
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  • Era
    1916–2002
    Aged 86
  • Known for
    The Beehive
    1982
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

He wrote prose so unsparing the Nobel committee called it a "challenging vision of man's vulnerability" — restrained compassion meeting raw truth in post-Civil War Spanish fiction.

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Camilo José Cela y Trulock was born 11 May 1916, became a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist, and aligned himself with the Generation of '36 movement that shaped literature after Spain's rupture. His prose was rich, intensive, and pitched at the exposed nerve of human fragility. In 1989 the Nobel Prize in Literature arrived, citing that restrained compassion and unflinching eye. He died 17 January 2002, having been named 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia.

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