José María Gironella, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José María Gironella

Spanish writer

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1917

Place of Birth: Darnius, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 03-Jan-2003

Profession: writer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

José María Gironella Pous (31 December 1917 in Darnius – 3 January 2003 in Arenys de Mar) was a Spanish author best known for his fictional work The Cypresses Believe in God (Los cipreses creen en Dios), which was published in Spain in 1953 and translated into English in 1955 by Harriet de Onís (1899-1969), a translator who usually specialized in Latin-American fiction.