La cruz de San Andrés

Camilo José Cela (1916–2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and essayist associated with the Generation of '36, best known for his tremendista style emphasizing violence and the grotesque. His debut novel, La familia de Pascual Duarte (1942), established his reputation and revitalized post-Civil War Spanish literature, followed by acclaimed works like La colmena (1951). He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1989 for his rich prose forming a challenging vision of human vulnerability.