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".