Journey to the Alcarria
Camilo Jose Cela translated by Frances M. Lopez-Morillas
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- Date published: 1990
- ISBN: 1397802990325
Journey to the Alcarria by Camilo Jose Celatranslated by Frances M. Lopez-MorillasISBN-13: 9780299032500ISBN-10: 0299032507Publication Date: 6/1990Publisher: University of Wisconsin PressHardcover5.75 x 8.85 inches, 139 pagesCamilo José Cela, in full Camilo José Cela Trulock, (born May 11, 1916, Iria Flavia, Spain, died January 17, 2002, Madrid), Spanish writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1989.Camilo José Celawas 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".On 26 May 1957, Cela was appointed a member of the Royal Spanish Academy and given Seat Q. He was appointed Royal Senator in the Constituent Cortes, where he exerted some influence in the wording of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. In 1987, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature.In 1994, he was awarded the Premio Planeta, although some question the objectivity of the awards, and winners on occasion have refused to accept it. Two years later, in recognition of his contributions to literature, Cela was ennobled on 17 May 1996 by King Juan Carlos I, who gave Cela the hereditary title of Marquess of Iria Flavia in the nobility of Spain. On his death the title passed to his son Camilo José Cela Conde.
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