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Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquis of Iria Flavia was a Spanish novelist and short story writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He offered his services as an informer for Franco's regime and moved voluntarily from Madrid to Galicia during the Civil War in order to join the Francoist forces there. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literature "for a rich and intensive...  MORE

Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquis of Iria Flavia was a Spanish novelist and short story writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He offered his services as an informer for Franco's regime and moved voluntarily from Madrid to Galicia during the Civil War in order to join the Francoist forces there. 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". LESS