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{{Short description|Spanish novelist, poet, essayist (1916–2002)}}
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'''Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia''' ({{IPA|es|kamilo xoˈse ˈθela|lang}}; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a [[Spaniards|Spanish]] novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the [[Generation of '36]] movement.

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".<ref name=nobel>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1989/index.html|title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1989|publisher=[[Nobel Foundation]]}}</ref>

==Childhood and early career==
Camilo José Cela was born in the rural parish of [[Iria Flavia]], in [[Padrón]], [[Province of A Coruña|A Coruña]], Spain, on 11 May 1916.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1989/cela-bio.html |title=Nobel Prize in Literature 1989 - Camilo José Cela: Biographical |website=www.nobelprize.org}}</ref> He was the oldest child of nine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jan/18/guardianobituaries.books |title=Obituary: Camilo José Cela |last=Eaude |first=Michael |date=2002-01-18 |website=The Guardian |access-date=2016-07-13}}</ref> His father, Camilo Crisanto Cela y Fernández, was [[Galician people|Galician]]. His mother, Camila Emanuela Trulock y Bertorini, was a Galician of [[English people|English]] and [[Italians|Italian]] ancestry. The family was upper-middle-class and Cela described his childhood as being "so happy it was hard to grow up."<ref name=":0" />

He lived with his family in [[Vigo]] from 1921 to 1925, when they moved to [[Madrid]]. There, Cela studied at a [[Piarist]] school. In 1931 he was diagnosed with [[tuberculosis]] and admitted to the [[sanatorium]] of [[Guadarrama]], where he took advantage of his free time to work on his novel ''[[Rest Home (novel)|Pabellón de reposo]]''. While recovering from the illness Cela began intensively reading works by [[José Ortega y Gasset]] and [[Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra]].

The [[Spanish Civil War]] broke out in 1936 when Cela was 20 years old and just recovering from his illness. His political leanings were conservative and he escaped to the rebel zone. He enlisted as a soldier, and was wounded and hospitalized in [[Logroño]].

==Career==
The civil war ended in 1939; after the war, Cela became indecisive about his university studies and ended up working in a bureau of textile industries. It was here where he began to write what would become his first novel, {{lang|es|La familia de Pascual Duarte}} (''[[The Family of Pascual Duarte]]''), which was published when he was 26, in 1942. Pascual Duarte has trouble finding validity in conventional morality and commits a number of crimes, including murders, for which he feels nothing. The novel is of particular importance as it played a large part in shaping the direction of the post-[[World War II]] Spanish novel.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

[[Image:Ruizanglada - 1988 Camilo José Cela recibe una obra de Ruizanglada en el homenaje de la Peña Solera Aragonesa Little.jpg|thumb|left|Camilo José Cela (right) in 1988.]]

Cela became a censor in [[Francoist Spain]] in 1943.<ref>[http://www.eldiario.es/cultura/libros/censor-censurado-Camilo-Jose-Cela_0_514449689.html ''El censor censurado; cien años de Camilo José Cela'']</ref> Perhaps his best-known work was produced during a period where his own writing came under scrutiny from his fellow censors, including {{lang|es|[[The Hive (Cela novel)|La colmena]]}} (''The Hive'') which was published in Buenos Aires in 1951. It was banned in Spain because of the perceived immorality of its erotic themes, and his name could no longer appear in the printed media.<ref>[http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1396/the-art-of-fiction-no-145-camilo-jos-cela The Paris Review]</ref><ref>[https://www.themodernnovel.org/europe/w-europe/spain/cela/colmena/ ''The modern novel: Camilo José Cela: La colmena (The hive)'']</ref> The novel portrays more than 300 characters in a style showing the influence of both Spanish [[Literary realism|realism]] and contemporary English- and French-language authors. Cela's signature style&mdash;a sarcastic, often grotesque, form of realism&mdash;is epitomized in {{lang|es|La colmena}}. Cela remained loyal to Francoist Spain, even working as an informer for the Spanish secret police by reporting on the activities of dissident groups<ref>Unearthing Franco's Legacy, p.15 University of Notre Dame Press, {{ISBN|0-268-03268-8}}</ref> and betraying fellow intellectuals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/books.spain|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=25 September 2004|title=Spanish novelist spied for Franco's regime}}</ref>

From the late 1960s, with the publication of ''[[San Camilo, 1936]]'', Cela's work became increasingly experimental. In 1988 he wrote ''[[Christ Versus Arizona]]'' ({{langx|es|Cristo versus Arizona}}), which tells the story of the [[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]] in a single sentence that is more than one hundred pages long.

In his later years Cela became known for his scandalous outbursts; in an interview with [[Mercedes Milá]] for Spanish state television he boasted of his ability to absorb litres of water via his anus while offering to demonstrate.<ref name="La Voz">[http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/especiales/camilo/noticia.jsp?TEXTO=100000010438 {{lang|es|Todos los títulos fueron suyos}}] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007124013/http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/especiales/camilo/noticia.jsp?TEXTO=100000010438 |date=2007-10-07 }}, Luis Ventoso, {{lang|es|[[La Voz de Galicia]]}}, 18 January 2002.</ref> Cela had already scandalized Spanish society with his {{lang|es|Diccionario secreto}} (Secret Dictionary, 1969–1971), a dictionary of slang and taboo words. In 1998, Cela expressed discomfort towards the presence of [[Human male sexuality#Homosexuality|homosexual]] groups at the commemoration of [[Federico García Lorca]]'s centenary, stating that, "For me, I would prefer a more straightforward and less anecdotal commemoration without the support of gay groups. I have nothing against gays, I just do not take it up the ass".<ref>[http://www.libertaddigital.com/fotos/camilo-jose-cela-polemicas-frases-cultura-1008999/federico-garcia-lorca.jpg.html Artículo homófobo sobre Lorca]</ref>

==Distinctions==
On 26 May 1957, Cela was appointed a member of the [[Royal Spanish Academy]] and given Seat Q. He was appointed Royal Senator in the [[Constituent Cortes]], where he exerted some influence in the wording of the [[Spanish Constitution of 1978]]. In 1987, he was awarded the [[Prince of Asturias Award for Literature]].

Cela was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1989 ''"for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability"''.<ref name=nobel/>

In 1994, he was awarded the [[Premio Planeta]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.planetadelibros.com/camilo-jose-cela-autor-000000179.html |title=Camilo José Cela |access-date=2012-05-31 |archive-date=2015-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006231658/http://www.planetadelibros.com/camilo-jose-cela-autor-000000179.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> although some question the objectivity of the awards, and winners on occasion have refused to accept it.{{Citation needed|date=August 2008}} Two years later, in recognition of his contributions to literature, Cela was ennobled on 17 May 1996 by [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|King Juan Carlos I]], who gave Cela the hereditary title of [[Marquess of Iria Flavia]] in the [[Spanish nobility|nobility of Spain]]. On his death the title passed to his son [[Camilo José Cela Conde]].

After winning the Nobel Prize Cela described the Spanish [[Premio Cervantes|Cervantes Prize]] for lifetime achievement as a writer as being "covered with shit".<ref name="El Mundo">{{cite news| title=La leyenda del gran provocador|language=es|trans-title=The legend of the great provoker|first=Ángel|last=Vivas|newspaper=El Mundo| date=18 January 2002 | url=http://www.elmundo.es/2002/01/18/cultura/400804.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702153227/http://www.elmundo.es/2002/01/18/cultura/400804.html | archive-date=2 July 2007 | url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1995 he was offered the prize, which he accepted.
[[File:Coat of Arms of the 1st Marquis of Iria Flavia.svg|right|thumb|250px|Cela's arms as 1st [[Marqués de Iria Flavia|Marquess of Iria Flavia]] (1996)]]

==Death==
Cela died from [[heart disease]] on 17 January 2002 at the Hospital Centro in [[Madrid]], aged 85. He was buried in his hometown at the parish cemetery of ''Santa María de Adina''.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1765469.stm BBC obituary]</ref>

Cela's will was contested because he favoured his widow and second younger wife, Marina Castaño, over his son [[Camilo José Cela Conde]] from his first marriage to Rosario Conde; Conde was awarded two-thirds of his father's estate.<ref>{{cite news| title=Sus polémicas - Viuda e hijo, enfrentados por su herencia| website=Libertad Digital - Cultura | date=9 December 2014| url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/fotos/camilo-jose-cela-polemicas-frases-cultura-1008999/camilo-hijo.jpg.html | language=es}}</ref>

==Selected works==
===Spanish===
====Novels====
* {{cite book|title=[[The Family of Pascual Duarte|La familia de Pascual Duarte]]|location=Madrid|trans-title=The Family of Pascual Duarte|publisher=Aldecoa|year=1942}}
* {{cite book|title=[[Rest Home (novel)|Pabellón de reposo]]|location=Madrid|translator-last=Briffault|translator-first=Herma|trans-title=Rest Home|publisher=Afrodisio Aguado|year=1943}}
* {{cite book|title=Nuevas andanzas y desventuras de Lazarillo de Tormes|location=Madrid|publisher=La Nave|year=1944}}
* {{cite book|title=La colmena|location=Buenos Aires|trans-title=The Hive|publisher=Emecé|year=1951}}
* {{cite book|title=Mrs. Caldwell habla con su hijo|location=Barcelona|trans-title=Mrs. Caldwell Speaks to Her Son|publisher=Destino|year=1953}}
* {{cite book|title=La catira |location= Barcelona: Noguer |year=1955}} (Also published under the title ''Historias de Venezuela''.)
* {{cite book|title=Tobogán de hambrientos |publisher= Barcelona: Noguer |year=1962}}
* {{cite book|title=[[San Camilo, 1936|Vísperas, festividad y octava de San Camilo del año 1936 en Madrid]] |location= Madrid |publisher= Alfaguara |year=1969}}
* {{cite book |title=Oficio de tinieblas 5 |location= Barcelona |publisher= Noguer |year=1973}}
* {{cite book |title=[[Mazurka for Two Dead Men|Mazurca para dos muertos]] |location= Barcelona |publisher= Seix Barral |year=1983}}
* {{cite book|title=[[Christ Versus Arizona|Cristo versus Arizona]]|location=Barcelona|trans-title=Christ Versus Arizona|publisher=Seix Barral|year=1988|isbn=9788432205828}}
* {{cite book|title=Oficio de tinieblas 5|location=Barcelona|publisher=Plaza & Janés|year=1989|isbn=9788401381485}}
* {{cite book |title=La cruz de San Andrés |location= Barcelona |publisher= Planeta |year=1994}}
* {{cite book |title= Madera de boj |location= Madrid |publisher= Espasa-Calpe |year=1999|isbn= 9788423979615 }}

====Short-story collections====

* {{cite book |title=El bonito crimen del carabinero, y otras invenciones |location= Barcelona |publisher= José Janés |year=1947}}
* {{cite book |title=El gallego y su cuadrilla |location= Madrid |publisher= Ricardo Aguilera |year=1949}}
* {{cite book |title=Baraja de invenciones |location= Valencia |publisher= Castalia |year=1953}}
* {{cite book |title=El molino de viento y otros novelas cortas |location= Barcelona |publisher= Noguer |year=1956}}
* {{cite book |title= Nuevo retablo de Don Cristobita: Invenciones, figuraciones y alucinaciones |location= Barcelona |publisher= Destino |year=1957}}

====Drama and poetry collections====

* {{cite book |title=Pisando la dudosa luz del dia |location= Barcelona |publisher=Ed. del Zodíaco |year=1945}}
* {{cite book |title=Cancionero de la Alcarria |location= San Sebastían |publisher= Norte |year=1948}}
* {{cite book |title=María Sabina |location= Palma de Mallorca |publisher= Papeles de Son Armadans |year=1967}}
* {{cite book|title=El caro de heno o El inventor de la guillotina|location=Palma de Mallorca|publisher=Papeles de Son Armadans|year=1969}}
* {{cite book|title=María Sabina; El carro de heno o El inventor de la guillotina (2d ed.)|location=Madrid|publisher=Alfaguara|year=1970}}
* {{cite book|title=Poesía completa|location=Barcelona|publisher=Círculo de lectores|year=1996}}
* {{cite book|title=La extracción de la piedra de la locura o El inventor del garrote|location=Barcelona|publisher=Seix Barral|year=1999}}

====Travel writing====

* {{cite book|title=Viaje a la Alcarria|location=MadridBarcelona|publisher=Revista de Occidente|year=1948}}
* {{cite book|title=Avila|location=Barcelona|publisher=Noguer|year=1952}}
* {{cite book|title=Del Miño al Bidasoa: Notas de un vagabundaje|location=Barcelona|publisher=Noguer|year=1952}}
* {{cite book|title=Vagabundo por Castilla|location=Barcelona|publisher=Seix Barral|year=1955}}
* {{cite book|title=Judíos, moros y cristianos: Notas de un vagabundaje por Avila, Segovia y sus tierras|location=Barcelona|publisher=Destino|year=1956}}
* {{cite book|title=Primer viaje andaluz : notas de un vagabundaje por Jaén, Córdoba, Sevilla, Segovia, Huelva y sus tierras|location=Barcelona|publisher=Noguer|year=1959}}
* {{cite book|title=Viaje al Pirineo de Lérida : notas de un paseo a pie por el Pallars, Sobirá, el Valle de Arán y el Condado de Ribagorza|location=Madrid|publisher=Alfaguara|year=1965}}
* {{cite book|title=Nuevo viaje a la Alcarria|location=Barcelona|publisher=Plaza & Janés|year=1986}}

====Essays====

* {{cite book|title=Mesa revuelta|location=Madrid|publisher=Ediciones de los Estudiantes Españoles|year=1945}}
* {{cite book|title=Cajón de sastre|location=Madrid|publisher=Cid|year=1957}}
* {{cite book|title=La rueda de los ocios|location=Barcelona|publisher=Mateu|year=1957}}

====Criticism====

* {{cite book|title=Cuatro figuras del 98: Unamuno, Valle-Inclán, Baroja, Azorín, y otros retratos y ensayos españoles|location=Barcelona|publisher=Aedos|year=1961}}

====Reference works====

* {{cite book|title=Diccionario secreto|location=Madrid|publisher=Alfaguara|year=1968}} (Updated since initial publication.)
* {{cite book|title=Enciclopedia del erotismo|location=Madrid|publisher=Sedmay|year=1977}} (4 volumes.)
* {{cite book|title=Cachondeos, escarceos y otros meneos [prólogo y vocabulario secreto, Pedro Abad Contreras]|location=Madrid|publisher=Ediciones Temas de Hoy|year=1991}}
* {{cite book|title=Diccionario geográfico popular de España|location=Madrid|publisher=Editorial Nóesis|year=1998}}

====Memoirs====

* {{cite book|title=La cucaña: Memorias de Camilo José Cela|location=Barcelona|publisher=Destino|year=1959}}
* {{cite book|title=Memorias, entendimientos y voluntades|location=Barcelona|publisher=Plaza & Janés|year=1993}}

====Correspondence====

* {{cite book|title=Correspondencia con el exilio|location=Barcelona|publisher=Destino|year=2009}} (Cela's correspondence with 13 exiled Spanish writers: María Zambrano, Rafael Alberti, Américo Castro, Fernando Arrabal, Jorge Guillén, Max Aub, Emilio Prados, Luis Cernuda, Manuel Altolaguirre, León Felipe, Corpus Barga, Francisco Ayala, Ramón J. Sender.)
* {{cite book|title=Correspondencia: Camilo José Cela, Antonio Vilanova|location=Barcelona|publisher=PPU|year=2012}}

====Collected works====

* {{cite book|title=Obra completa|location=Barcelona|publisher=Ediciones Destino|year=1962}} (Volumes published as completed since 1962.) Volume 1: Las tres primeras novelas (1942—44); Volume 2: Cuentos (1941—53); Volume 3: Apuntes carpetovetonicos. Novelas cortas (1941–56); Volume 4: Viajes por España, 1 (1948—52); Volume 5: Viajes por España, 2 (1952—58); Volume 6: Viajes por España, 3 (1959—64)l Volume 7: Tres novelas más (1951—55); Volume 8: Los amigos y otra novela (1960—62); Volume 9: Glosa del mundo en torno. Articulos, 1. (1940—53). Mesa revuelta. 5. ed.; Volume 10: Glosa del mundo en torno. Articulos, 2. (1944—59). Cajón de sastre. 4. ed; Paginas de geografía errabunda. 3. ed.; Volume 1:. Glosa del mundo en torno. Artʹiculos, 3 (1945-1954). Las compañías convenientes y otros fingimientos y cegueras. 3a ed. Garito de hospicianos o Guirigay de imposturas y bambollas. 4a ed.; Volume 12: Glosa del mundo en torno. Artículos, 4 (1943—61). La rueda de los ocios. 4a ed. Cuatro figuras del 98. 2a ed.; Volume 14: Enciclopedia del erotismo, 1. Aachen—Cirene; Volume 15: Enciclopedia del erotismo, 1. Cirial—Futrʹosofo; Volume 16: Enciclopedia del erotismo, 3. Gabacho—Óvulo; Volume 17: Enciclopedia del erotismo, 4. Pabst—Zurrucarse.
* {{cite book|title=Retorno a Iria Flavia: obra dispersa y olvidada, 1940-2001|editor=Olivia Rodríguez González|location=Santiago de Compostela|publisher=Alvarellos Editora|year=2006}}

===English translations===

* {{cite book|translator-last=Marks|translator-first=John|title=Pascual Duarte's family|location=London|publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode|year=1946}}
* {{cite book |title=The Hive |translator-last=Cohen |translator-first=J.M.|location= New York |publisher= Farrar, Straus and Young |year=1953}} (Reprinted: New York: New York: Noonday Press, 1990.) Translation of ''La colmena''.
* {{cite book |title=The Family of Pascual Duarte |translator-last=Kerrigan |translator-first=Anthony |location= Boston |publisher= Little, Brown |year=1964}}
* {{cite book |title=Journey to the Alcarria|url=https://archive.org/details/journeytoalcarri0000cela|url-access=registration|translator-link1=Frances M. López-Morillas |translator-last= López-Morillas|translator-first=Frances M. |location= Madison, Wisconsin |publisher= University of Wisconsin Press |year=1964}} Translation of ''Viaje a la Alcarria''.
* {{cite book |title=Pascual Duarte and His Family |translator-last=Briffault |translator-first=Herma|translator-link=Herma Briffault |location=New York |publisher=Las Americas Pub. Co. |year=1965}}
* {{cite book |title=Mrs. Caldwell Speaks to Her Son |url=https://archive.org/details/mrscaldwellspeak00cela |url-access=registration |translator-last= Bernstein |translator-first=J.S. |location= Ithaca, N.Y. |publisher= Cornell University Press |year= 1968}} Authorized translation of ''Mrs. Caldwell habla con su hijo''.
* {{cite book |title= San Camilo, 1936: The Eve, Feast, and Octave of St. Camillus of the year 1936 in Madrid |translator= Polt, J.H.R. |location=Durham |publisher= Duke University Press |year=1991}} Translation of ''Visperas, festividad y octava de San Camilo del año 1936 en Madrid''.
* {{cite book |title=Mazurka for Two Dead Men |url=https://archive.org/details/mazurkafortwodea00cela |url-access=registration |translator-last=Haugaard |translator-first=Patricia |location=New York |publisher= New Directions |year=1992|isbn=9780811212229 }} Translation of ''Mazurca para dos muertos''.
* {{cite book |title=Boxwood |translator-last=Haugaard |translator-first= Patricia |location=New York |publisher= New Directions |year=2002}} Translation of ''Madera de boj''.
* {{cite book|title=Christ Versus Arizona|translator-last=Sokolinsky|translator-first=Martin|location=Champaign|publisher=Dalkey Archive Press|year=2007}}
* ''The Hive''. Translated by Womack, James. New York Review Books. 2023.

==See also==
* [[Journey to the Alcarria]]
* [[Café Gijón|Café Gijón (Madrid)]]
* [[Universidad Camilo José Cela]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.fundacioncela.com/ Camilo José Cela Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809132817/http://www.fundacioncela.com/ |date=2010-08-09 }}
* {{cite journal| url=http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1396/the-art-of-fiction-no-145-camilo-jos-cela| title=Camilo José Cela, The Art of Fiction No. 145| journal=Paris Review| date=Summer 1996| author=Valerie Miles| volume=Summer 1996| issue=139| author-link=Valerie Miles}}
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1765469.stm BBC obituary]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060702090646/http://www.portalmundos.com/mundoliteratura/escritores/cela.htm Biography of Camilo José Cela]
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* [http://www.xenealoxia.org/linaxes/ourense/1029-linea-vincular-de-los-celas-de-meizaran-con-los-fernandez-del-lugar-de-moire Genealogy of Cela Family] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630050843/https://xenealoxia.org/linaxes/ourense/1029-linea-vincular-de-los-celas-de-meizaran-con-los-fernandez-del-lugar-de-moire |date=2022-06-30 }}

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