Camilo José Cela

Nobel Prize in Literature 1989

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

Camilo José Cela was a Spanish novelist and writer. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1989 for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability. He is known for novels such as The Family of Pascual Duarte and The Hive.

Field

Literature · World Literatures

Lifespan

1916–2002