Camilo José Cela

Camilo José Cela, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1916-05-11 in Iria Flavia, Spain

Gender: male

Field: Spanish novelist, poet, essayist (1916–2002)

Biography

Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1989

Awarded on: 1989-10-09

"for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability"