iguel de Unamuno y Jugo 29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936 was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca. His major philosophical essay was The Tragic Sense of Life (1912), and his most famous novel was Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration
Enrique Tierno Galván Madrid, 8 February 1918 – Madrid, 19 January 1986 was a Spanish politician, professor, lawyer and essayist, best known for being the Mayor of Madrid from 1979 to 1986, at the beginning of the new period of Spanish democracy. His time as Mayor of Madrid was marked by the development of Madrid
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, KOS Spanish pronunciation: ; 14 September 1580 – 8 September 1645 was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is characterized by what was called conceptismo.
Francisco Pi y Margall (Catalan: Francesc Pi i Margall) 29 April 1824 – 29 November 1901 was a Spanish federalist and republican politician and theorist who served as president of the short-lived First Spanish Republic in 1873. He was also a historian, philosopher, romanticist writer, and was also the leader of the Federal Democratic Republican Party and
Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez born 25 November 1951 in Cartagena is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE and was a war correspondent for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was released in 1986. He is well known outside Spain for his “Alatriste” series of novels. He is now a
Benito Pérez Galdós May 10, 1843 – January 4, 1920 was a Spanish realist novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist. Galdós was a prolific writer, publishing 31 novels, 46 Episodios Nacionales (National Episodes), 23 plays, and
Emilia Pardo Bazán y de la Rúa-Figueroa 16 September 1851 – 12 May 1921, countess of Pardo Bazán, was a Spanish novelist, journalist, literary critic, poet, playwright, translator, editor and professor. She is known for introducing naturalism into Spanish literature, for her detailed descriptions of reality, and for her ground-breaking introduction of feminist ideas into
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga born 11 January 1943 in Barcelona, Spain is a Spanish novelist. Contents 1Early life 2Writing career 3Bibliography 3.1Novels 3.2Short stories 3.3Theatre 3.4Essays 4References 5External links Early life He studied law in the first half of the 1960s and lived in New York City between 1973 and 1982, working as interpreter for the United
Juan Marsé Carbó 8 January 1933 – 18 July 2020 was a Spanish novelist journalist and screenwriter who used Spanish as his literary language. In 2008, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, “the Spanish-language equivalent” to the Nobel Prize in Literature. Contents 1Biography 2Film adaptations 3External links 4References Biography Marsé was born Juan Faneca Roca in
Jorge Manrique Paredes de Nava, Palencia, or Segura de la Sierra, Jaén, c. 1440 Santa María del Campo, Cuenca – 24 April 1479 was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the Coplas a la muerte de mi padre (Verses on the death of Don Rodrigo Manrique, his Father), is still read today. He was a