Camilo José Cela



Camilo's Fans (26)

Daniela
Malefica
Elena D...
Patrici...
Sophia
Natalia
Khaled ...
Ridha
Metamor...
Cristia...
Abdullah
Xrisstinah
Darius ...
Alicia
Salvado...
Huda Yahya
Moßtafa...
Tanja
Ahmed H...
Saularus
Julian ...
Evan Kn...
Nour Al...
Nellie K.
Costi D...
Niuz



Camilo José Cela

Author profile


born
in Padrón, Galicia, Spain
May 11, 1916

died
January 17, 2002

gender
male

genre
Literature & Fiction

influences
Miguel de Cervantes, Benito Pérez Galdós, James Joyce, Jean-Paul Sartr...more


About this author

Camilo José Cela Trulock was a Spanish writer. 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...


combine editions
Camilo José Cela's Books

Average rating: 3.66 · 3,359 ratings · 192 reviews · 100 distinct works · Similar authors
La colmena
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 1,168 ratings — published 1951 — 45 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Family of Pascual Duarte
by
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,564 ratings — published 1942 — 60 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Journey to the Alcarria: Tr...
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1948 — 18 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Mazurka for Two Dead Men
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1983 — 11 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Christ Versus Arizona
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Mrs. Caldwell Speaks to Her...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1953 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Café de artistas
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1953 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
San Camilo 1936
by
3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1969 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
سحب عابرة
by
3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1945 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Pabellón de reposo
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1943 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Camilo José Cela…

Quotes by Camilo José Cela

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

“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
5 people liked it
like

“Lo malo de quienes se creen en posesión de la verdad es que cuando tienen que demostrarlo no aciertan ni una”
― Camilo José Cela
4 people liked it
like

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Goodreads Librari...: merge author (Camilo José Cela) 3 22 Jun 10, 2012 01:49am  
Around the World ...: Spain 5 135 Jun 12, 2012 10:28am  
Netherlands &...: Nobelprijs voor literatuur 5 33 Mar 10, 2013 12:27am  





© 2013 Goodreads Inc