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Biography of Camilo José Cela y TrulockName: Camilo José Cela y TrulockBirth Date: 1916 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Iria Flavia, Galicia, Spain Nationality: Spanish Gender: Male Occupations: author Camilo José Cela y Trulock The Spanish author Camilo José Cela y Trulock (born 1916) was a prose stylist of extraordinary ability. He is generally considered the major Spanish literary figure of the post-Civil War generation.Camilo José Cela was born in Iria Flavia, Galicia, where his father's ancestors--some renowned, some of peasant stock--had lived for generations. His mother was of English ancestry. When he was 9, his family moved to Madrid, where Cela later attended a number of secondary schools run by religious orders, finally graduating with an undistinguished record. At the University of Madrid he studied, in turn, medicine, liberal arts, and law but abandoned all three fields without earning a degree.In 1942 Cela's short novel The Family of Pascual Duarte exploded upon the literary scene in Spain. After the upheaval of the Civil War the Spanish novel had almost ceased to exist. Baroja, Azorin, and Pérez de Ayala …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…exists, but when it comes, it usually finds me working.' What a person has to do is sit himself down before a stack of blank papers, which is in itself terrifying. There is nothing as frightening as a stack of blank pieces of paper and the thought that I have to fill them from top to bottom, placing letters one after the other." Associated Works La Familia de Pascual Duarte (Novel) Further Reading There are two studies of Cela's work in English: Robert Kirsner, The Novels and Travels of Camilo José Cela (1964), and David W. Foster, Forms of the Novel in the Work of Camilo José Cela (1967).Among the Internet sites devoted to Cela's work is the Spanish language site maintained by La Fundación Camilo José Cela, found at www.celafund.es. The 80th birthday interview quoted above can be found at www.voyagerco.com. |