José Martínez Ruiz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Martínez Ruiz

Essayist, dramaturgo, novelista y crítico literario

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1873

Place of Birth: Monòver, Valencian Community, Spain

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1967

Profession: writer, playwright, journalist, literary critic, novelist, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruiz, better known by his pseudonym Azorín (Spanish pronunciation: [a?o'?in]; June 8, 1873, Monòver – March 2, 1967, Madrid), was a Spanish novelist, essayist and literary critic.
As a political radical in the 1890s, he moved steadily to the right.
In literature he attempted to define the eternal qualities of Spanish life.
His essays and criticism are written in a simple, compact style.
Particularly notable are his impressionistic descriptions of Castilian towns and landscape.