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Camilo José Cela

Spanish writer (1916-2002) · Spain · Writers · Died at 85

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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.

A life in dates

2002Died17 January 20021998Grand Cross of the Aeronautical Merit - White DecorationAward1995Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the SwordAwardMiguel de Cervantes PrizeAward1994Premio Planeta de NovelaAward1992Grand Cross of the Order of Charles IIIAward1991Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseAward1990Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAward1989Nobel Prize in LiteratureAward1988Castelao MedalAward1987Princess of Asturias Literary PrizeAward1986Saint George's CrossAward1984National Novel PrizeAward1980Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAwardHonorary Doctorate of the University of Santiago de CompostelaAward1916Born11 May 1916

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Awards

Grand Cross of the Aeronautical Merit - White Decoration1998
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword1995
Miguel de Cervantes Prize1995
Premio Planeta de Novela1994
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III1992
Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense1991
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami1990
Nobel Prize in Literature1989
Castelao Medal1988
Princess of Asturias Literary Prize1987
Saint George's Cross1986
National Novel Prize1984
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic1980
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela1980
Honorary Doctorate of the National University of San Marcos
Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Honorary Doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands
Honorary Doctor of Tel Aviv University
Honorary Doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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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.

Country
Spain
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1916 to 2002 · aged 85

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