Camilo José Cela was a Spanish novelist, literary magazine editor, essayist, poet, journalist, and lecturer, famous for his works on the post-war period and for being part of the Spanish Royal Academy.
He is one of the great authors of the Iberian Peninsula, a classic reference author awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1989.
His literary merits even impressed King Juan Carlos I, who awarded the writer the Marquisate of Iria Flavia - Cela's home parish - in 1996. Likewise, there is a high school named after the author, of which he was honorary principal. In fact, he and Felipe Segovia Olmo laid the first stone of the building. Here are 5 Camilo José Cela's works to read and other facts about the author.
The writer is known for his post-war inspired novels and his explanations of why he creates certain scenarios and makes the characters express themselves sometimes in a scatological way. However, before his worldwide fame he had already written a book of poems, the release of which was halted due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
These are the titles
- La Colmena (1951)
- La familia Pascual Duarte (1942)
- El asesinato del perdedor (1994)
- Cachondeos, escarceos y otros meneos (1991)
- Páginas de geografía errabunda (1965)
