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Also Known As Miguel Delibes Setién
Born October 17, 1920 • Valladolid • Spain
Died March 12, 2010 (aged 89) • Valladolid • Spain
Awards And Honors Cervantes Prize (1993)
Notable Works “Cinco horas con Mario” • “Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris” • “Smoke on the Ground” • “The Heretic”
Ernesto Sábato, 1985.
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Argentine writer
Francisco Ayala
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Goytisolo, Juan
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Quevedo y Villegas, detail of an oil painting by an unknown Spanish artist; in Apsley House, London
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Azorín
Spanish literary critic
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo
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Rosa Chacel
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monument to Emilia, condesa de Pardo Bazán
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Gabriel Miró
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Camilo José Cela
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Mark Twain
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James Joyce
James Joyce
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Albert Camus
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
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Rachel de Queiroz
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