Camilo José Cela Trulock (May 11, 1916–January 17, 2002) was a Spanish writer. He was born in Iria Flavia, district of Padron, province of A Coruña. May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Torre de Hércules A Coruña (also known in English as Corunna; Galician A Coruña, Spanish La Coruña) is a Galician city, in northwestern Spain. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Paula Radcliffe User:Sverdrup/Images Wikipedia:Tutorial (Wikipedia links)/sandbox Image:STBorgSphere. ...

Cela published his first novel, "La familia de Pascual Duarte" (The family of Pascal Duarte), when he was 26. His best known work, "La Colmena" (The Hive) was published in 1953. Cela style is a type of dark realism. He published about 70 volumes. As a travel writer he wrote in 1948 "Viaje a la Alcarria" (Journey to the Alcarria) among others. 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1957 he was appointed member of the Real Academia Española. He died in Madrid in 2002. 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Real Academia Española ( Spanish for Royal Spanish Academy; often RAE) is the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language. ... Coat of arms The Plaza de España square Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ...

Prizes

• Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras 1987.
• Nobel Prize in Literature 1989.
• Premio Cervantes 1995.

Principal works The Prince of Asturias Awards (in Spanish: Premios Príncipe de Asturias) is a series of annual prizes given in Spain by the Fundación Príncipe de Asturias to individuals from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs. ... The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual work, though individual works are sometimes... Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honor the whole career of an outstanding writer in Spanish language. ...

• La familia de Pascual Duarte (The family of Pascal Duarte) (1942)
• Pabellón de reposo (1943)
• Nuevas andanzas y desventuras de Lazarillo de Tormes (1944)
• Viaje a la Alcarria (Journey to the Alcarria) (1948)
• La Colmena (The Hive) (1953)
• Mrs. Caldwell habla con su hijo (Mrs. Caldwell speaks to her son) (1952)
• La catira (1955)
• Tobogán de hambrientos (1962)
• Izas, rabizas y colipoterras (1964)
• Diccionario secreto (I, 1968; II, 1971)
• San Camilo I936 (1969)
• Oficio de tinieblas 5 (1973)
• Mazurca para dos muertos (Mazurka for two dead men) (1983)
• Nuevo viaje a la Alcarria (1986)
• Cristo versus Arizona (1988).