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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: 3.72 · 38,561 ratings · 3,604 reviews · 298 distinct works • Similar authors

	La familia de Pascual Duarte by Camilo José Cela, Alan Hoyle (Editor) 3.78 avg rating — 20,558 ratings — published 1942 — 4 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 — 12,285 ratings — published 1951 — 101 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 3.61 avg rating — 1,345 ratings — published 1948 — 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
	Mazurka for Two Dead Men 3.62 avg rating — 716 ratings — published 1983 — 57 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 — 454 ratings — published 1943 — 34 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 2.99 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 1953 — 21 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) 3.60 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1988 — 19 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
	Bayan Caldwell Oğluyla Konuşuyor by Camilo José Cela, Gökhan Aksay (Translator) 3.39 avg rating — 260 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) 3.82 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1969 — 41 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) 2.51 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1994 — 18 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 — 12,283 ratings

Viaje a la Alcarria (2 books)
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3.59 avg rating — 1,459 ratings

Obra Completa de Camilo José Cela (8 books)
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3.88 avg rating — 59 ratings

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

Nuevas Escenas Matritenses (7 books)
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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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Gabriela Mistral

16 votes, 23.9%

Pablo Neruda

10 votes, 14.9%

Octavio Paz

7 votes, 10.4%

Juan Ramón Jiménez

6 votes, 9.0%

Camilo José Cela

5 votes, 7.5%

Miguel Ángel Asturias

2 votes, 3.0%

Vicente Aleixandre

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Jacinto Benavente

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José Echegaray

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