Gerald Brenan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerald Brenan

British writer and Hispanist

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1894

Place of Birth: Sliema, Northern Harbour District, Malta

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1987

Profession: writer, historian, hispanist, historian of the modern age

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Edward FitzGerald "Gerald" Brenan, CBE, MC (7 April 1894 – 19 January 1987) was a British writer and hispanist who spent much of his life in Spain. Brenan is best known for The Spanish Labyrinth, a historical work on the background to the Spanish Civil War, and for South from Granada: Seven Years in an Andalusian Village.
He was appointed CBE in the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List of 1982.