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Realism. Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ( Spanish pronunciation: [biˈθente ˈβlaskojˈβaɲeθ], 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician, and a bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that were adapted from his works.
The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse ( Spanish: Los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis) is a novel by the Spanish author Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. First published in 1916, it tells a tangled tale of the French and German sons-in-law of an Argentinian landowner who find themselves fighting on opposite sides during the First World War.
The name of Calafia was likely formed from the Arabic word khalifa (religious state leader) that is known as caliph in English and califa in Spanish. Similarly, the name of Calafia's realm, California, likely originated from the same root, fabricated by the author to remind the 16th century Spanish reader of the reconquista, a centuries-long ...
The Shack or The Hut (Spanish: La barraca) is an 1898 novel by the Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Its English translation sold over a million copies. [1] It was adapted into a Mexican film The Shack in 1945 and a Televisión Española television series La barraca in 1979.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681), playwright and poet of the Spanish Golden Age. Luis Carandell Robusté (1929–2002), journalist and writer. Manuel Casal (1751–1837), poet and polymath. Félix Casanova de Ayala (1915–1990), poet. Francisco Cascales (1564–1642), humanist and writer.
Spanish Realist literature is the literature written in Spain during the second half of the 19th century, following the Realist movement which predominated in Europe . In the mid-19th century, the Romantic movement waned and a new literary movement arose in Europe: Realism. This new approach grew out of the 1850 French reaction to selected ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Blasco is a surname which roots can be found it in Aragon, ... Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and artist;
Arroz y tartana (transl. Rice and cart) is a Spanish prime-time television miniseries based on the 1894 novel of the same name by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.Produced by Intercartel for Televisión Española (TVE) and Generalitat Valenciana, it was directed by José Antonio Escrivá, with screenplay by Horacio Valcárcel.