Camilo José Cela

Camilo José Cela

May 11, 1916 – January 17, 2002
Place of Birth: Iria Flavia, Galicia, Spain
Place of Death: Madrid, Spain

Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquis of Iria Flavia (kaˈmilo xoˈse ˈθela; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature "for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability".