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Camilo José Cela

Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2002)

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Born
May 11, 1916
Died
January 17, 2002
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1916

About Camilo José Cela

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. 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". It was here where he began to write what would become his first novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte (The Family of Pascual Duarte), which was published when he was 26, in 1942. The civil war ended in 1939; after the war, Cela became indecisive about his university studies and ended up working in a bureau of textile industries. Cela became a censor in Francoist Spain in 1943.

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Camilo José Cela timeline

  1. The civil war ended in 1939; after the war, Cela became indecisive about his university studies and ended up working in a bureau of textile industries.
  2. It was here where he began to write what would become his first novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte (The Family of Pascual Duarte), which was published when he was 26, in 1942.
  3. Cela became a censor in Francoist Spain in 1943.
  4. 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".

The world when Camilo José Cela was born

Camilo José Cela was born in 1916. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1916

  • Best-selling book"Seventeen" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGeorgia Tech defeats Cumberland 222-0, most lopsided football game ever
  • Top headlineBattle of the Somme — 1 million casualties
  • Technology milestoneTanks first used in warfare
  • Notable inventionMilitary tanks
  • World population~1.76B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population99.6M

1916 versus 2026

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Measure19162026
Population99.6M341 million

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