Ginés Pérez de Hita

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Born	1544 • Murcia • Spain
Died	1619 (aged 75)
Notable Works	“Civil Wars of Granada”

Benito Pérez Galdós

Spanish author

Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

Spanish writer

José María Gironella

Spanish author

Victor Hugo

French writer

Alejo Carpentier

Cuban author

Alexandre Herculano

Portuguese historian

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Polish writer

Inoue Yasushi

Japanese writer

August Šenoa

Croatian writer

Arna Bontemps

American writer

Kurz, etching by Johann Lindner, c. 1870

Hermann Kurz

German writer

Concha Espina de Serna

Spanish author

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer

Leopoldo Alas

Spanish writer

Camilo José Cela

Spanish writer

Francisco Ayala

Spanish author and sociologist

Ana María Matute

Spanish author

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

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