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Camilo José Cela
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Person

Camilo José Cela

1916 – 2002 · aged 86

Spanish writer (1916–2002)

Born
11 May 1916 · Iria Flavia
Died
17 Jan 2002 · Madrid
Part ofSpain264 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 99 years
  1. 11 May 1916BornBorn in Iria Flavia
  2. 1936 – 1939WarSpanish Civil War
  3. 1957 – 2002RoleMember of the Royal Spanish Academy
  4. 1977 – 1979RoleMember of the Senate of Spain
  5. 1980AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
  6. 1980AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela
  7. 1984AwardNational Novel Prize
  8. 1986AwardSaint George's Cross
  9. 1987AwardPrincess of Asturias Literary Prize
  10. 1988AwardCastelao Medal
  11. 1989AwardNobel Prize in Literature
  12. 1990AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Miami
  13. 1991AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
  14. 1992AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Charles III
  15. 1994AwardPremio Planeta de Novela
  16. 1995AwardGrand Cross of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword
  17. 17 Jan 2002DiedDied in Madrid

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1916 – 2002).

  1. 1917Balfour Declaration
  2. 1917February Revolution
  3. 1917October Revolution
  4. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  5. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  6. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  7. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  8. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  10. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  11. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1938Munich Agreement
  13. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  14. 1939 – 1945World War II
  15. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  16. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  17. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  18. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  19. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  20. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  21. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  22. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  24. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  25. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  27. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  28. 1956Suez Crisis
  29. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  31. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  33. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  35. 1968Prague Spring
  36. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  37. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  38. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  39. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  40. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution

Biography

Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (Spanish: [kamilo xoˈse ˈθela]; 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".

Text from the Wikipedia article Camilo José Cela, CC BY-SA 4.0

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