Adina Cemetery
Iria Flavia
Memorial Page for Camilo José Cela
May 11, 1916 – Jan 17, 2002(85 years)Died in:Madrid, Community of Madrid
Spanish writer
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Camilo José Cela (* May 11, 1916 in Iria Flavia; † January 17, 2002 in Madrid) was a spanish writer. He was 85 years old. He was married to María del Rosario Conde Picavea and Marina Concepción Castaño López. He studied at Centro Universitario Villanueva. He received 9 awards, including Nobel Prize in Literature, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic. His cause of death was cardiovascular disease. He was buried at Adina Cemetery.
Life Events
11 EventsBorn in Iria Flavia, Galicia
1916Married María del Rosario Conde Picavea
1944until 1990
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
1980honorary doctorate of the University of Santiago de Compostela
1980Saint George's Cross
1986Princess of Asturias Literary Prize
1987Castelao Medal
1988Nobel Prize in Literature
1989honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
1991Married Marina Concepción Castaño López
1991until 2002
Died in Madrid, Community of Madrid (cardiovascular disease)
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- Camilo Crisanto Cela y Fernández
- Camila Emanuela Trulock y Bertorini
- Ana Cela Trulock
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Camilo José Cela. Forever remembered.