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Camilo José Cela

Born

in Iria Flavia, Padrón, A Coruña, Galiza, Spain

May 11, 1916

Died

January 17, 2002

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Travel

Influences

Francisco de Quevedo, Miguel de Cervantes, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fyodor ...more

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Camilo José Cela Trulock was a Spaniard writer from Galicia. Prolific author (as a novelist, journalist, essayist, literary magazine editor, lecturer ...), he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy for 45 years and won, among others, the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature in 1987, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1989 ("for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability.") and the Cervantes Prize in 1995.

In 1996 King Juan Carlos I granted him, for his literary merits, the title Marquis of Iria Flavia.

His son, Camilo José Cela Conde is also a writer.

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilo_J... ...more

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Camilo José Cela’s books

Average rating: 3.71 · 36,669 ratings · 3,328 reviews · 354 distinct works • Similar authors

	La familia de Pascual Duarte by Camilo José Cela, Alan Hoyle (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 19,446 ratings — published 1942 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La colmena 3.74 avg rating — 11,758 ratings — published 1951 — 216 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to the Alcarria: Travels through the Spanish Countryside 3.60 avg rating — 1,289 ratings — published 1948 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mazurka for Two Dead Men 3.63 avg rating — 681 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pabellón de reposo 3.62 avg rating — 431 ratings — published 1943 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Café de artistas y otros cuentos 3.01 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1953 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Christ Versus Arizona by Camilo José Cela, Martin Sokolinsky (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bayan Caldwell Oğluyla Konuşuyor by Camilo José Cela, Gökhan Aksay (Translator) 3.38 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 1953 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	San Camilo 1936 by Camilo José Cela, Claude Bourguignon (Translator), Claude Couffon (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 1969 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Cruz de Santo André by Camilo José Cela, José Carlos González (Translator) 2.52 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1994 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Camilo José Cela

Caminos inciertos (1 book)
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3.74 avg rating — 11,758 ratings

Viaje a la Alcarria (2 books)
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3.58 avg rating — 1,394 ratings

Obra Completa de Camilo José Cela (8 books)
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3.93 avg rating — 55 ratings

Diccionario secreto (2 books)
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3.57 avg rating — 35 ratings

Nuevas Escenas Matritenses (7 books)
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings

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Quotes by Camilo José Cela (?)

“Yo, señor, no soy malo, aunque no me faltarían motivos para serlo.”
― Camilo José Cela, Familia de Pascual Duarte

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“I'm not made to philosophize, I don't have the heart for it. My heart is more like a machine for making blood to be spilled in a knife fight...”
― Camilo José Cela, La familia de Pascual Duarte

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“El que resiste, gana”
― Camilo José Cela

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¿Qué autor leemos este bimestre en el Miniclub de Premios Nobel de Literatura?

Gabriel García Márquez

17 votes, 27.9%

Mario Vargas Llosa

14 votes, 23.0%

Gabriela Mistral

11 votes, 18.0%

Camilo José Cela

7 votes, 11.5%

Jacinto Benavente

3 votes, 4.9%

Pablo Neruda

3 votes, 4.9%

Octavio Paz

3 votes, 4.9%

Juan Ramón Jiménez

1 vote, 1.6%

Miguel Ángel Asturias

1 vote, 1.6%

Vicente Aleixandre

1 vote, 1.6%

José Echegaray

0 votes, 0.0%

61 total votes

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