LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vicente Aleixandre	Poet	26-Apr-1898	14-Dec-1984	Spanish surrealist poet
Fernando Arrabal	Playwright	11-Aug-1932		Viva la muerte
Pedro Calderón de la Barca	Playwright	17-Jan-1600	25-May-1681	La Vida es Sueño
Jacinto Benavente	Playwright	12-Aug-1866	14-Jul-1954	The Bonds of Interest
Francisco Brines	Poet	1932		Generation of 1950
Luis Buñuel	Film Director	22-Feb-1900	29-Jul-1983	That Obscure Object of Desire
Cristóbal de Castillejo	Poet	1490	12-Jun-1556	Spanish poet, disliked Italian forms
Alonso de Castillo Solorzano	Novelist	1584	1648	Tardes Entretenidas
Camilo José Cela	Author	11-May-1916	17-Jan-2002	Spanish novelist and Nobel laureate
Luis Cernuda	Poet	21-Sep-1902	5-Nov-1963	Generation of '27
Miguel de Cervantes	Novelist	29-Sep-1547	22-Apr-1616	Don Quixote
Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses	Novelist	c. 1585	1638	Poema trágico
Pablo de Céspedes	Poet	1538	26-Jul-1608	Spanish poet, painter, sculptor, etc.
Miguel Delibes	Novelist	17-Oct-1920	12-Mar-2010	Five Hours With Mario
José Echegaray	Playwright	19-Apr-1832	14-Sep-1916	Nobel Prizewinning Spanish dramatist
Juan del Encina	Playwright	12-Jul-1469	1529	Founder of Spanish drama
Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga	Poet	7-Aug-1533	29-Nov-1594	La Araucana
Federico García Lorca	Poet	5-Jun-1898	18-Aug-1936	Lament for a Bullfighter
Luís de Góngora y Argote	Poet	11-Jul-1561	23-May-1627	Soledades
Judah ben Samuel Halevi	Poet	c. 1085	c. 1140	Hebrew Poet of the Middle Ages
Miguel Hernández	Poet	30-Oct-1910	28-Mar-1942	El rayo que no cesa
Juan Ramón Jiménez	Poet	24-Dec-1881	29-May-1958	Pastorales
Raymond Lull	Religion	1232	29-Jun-1315	Catalan mystic
Antonio Machado	Poet	26-Jul-1875	22-Feb-1939	Generation of '98
Salvador de Madariaga	Author	23-Jul-1886	14-Dec-1978	Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards
José Martínez Ruiz	Author	8-Jun-1873	4-Mar-1967	Generation of '98
José María de Pereda	Novelist	6-Feb-1833	1-Mar-1906	Sotileza
Pedro Salinas	Poet	27-Nov-1891	4-Dec-1951	Generation of '27
Jorge Semprún	Novelist	10-Dec-1923	7-Jun-2011	Screenplay for Z
Manuel Tamayo y Baus	Playwright	15-Sep-1829	20-Jun-1898	Lances de Honor
Miguel de Unamuno	Philosopher	29-Sep-1864	31-Dec-1936	El Cristo de Velázquez
Lope de Vega	Playwright	25-Nov-1562	27-Aug-1635	Reformed Spanish comedy

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