Camilo José Cela, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Camilo José Cela

Spanish novelist

Date of Birth: 11-May-1916

Place of Birth: Padrón, Galicia, Spain

Date of Death: 17-Jan-2002

Profession: writer, poet, politician, university teacher, journalist, novelist, essayist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (Spanish: [kamilo xo'se '?ela]; 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".