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Born September 12, 1590 • Madrid • Spain
Died c.1661
Notable Works “Novelas amorosas y ejemplares”
Rosa Chacel
Spanish writer
Concha Espina de Serna
Spanish author
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Spanish author
Leopoldo Alas.
Leopoldo Alas
Spanish writer
Camilo José Cela
Camilo José Cela
Spanish writer
Francisco Ayala
Spanish author and sociologist
Matute, Ana María
Ana María Matute
Spanish author
Goytisolo, Juan
Juan Goytisolo
Spanish writer
Ramón José Sender
Spanish novelist
Fernan Caballero, oil painting by Eduardo Cano de la Pena; in the Provincial Museum, Seville
Fernán Caballero
Spanish writer
Quevedo y Villegas, detail of an oil painting by an unknown Spanish artist; in Apsley House, London
Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas
Spanish writer
Azorín
Spanish literary critic
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo
Spanish writer and diplomat
Miguel Delibes
Spanish novelist, essayist, and journalist
Ramón Pérez de Ayala
Spanish author
Juan Antonio de Zunzunegui
Spanish novelist
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán
Spanish writer
Baroja, Pío
Pío Baroja
Spanish writer
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Spanish writer