Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Teresa Fuentes Peris (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Ed. by Stuart Green, University of Leeds
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.2.02: Spanish Writing and Culture: Modern and Contemporary, 1700-present.
Vol. editors: Santiago Bertrán (University of Oxford), Isabel Berzal Ayuso (Universidad de Alcala de Henares), Stuart Green (University of Leeds), Alexis Grohmann (University of Edinburgh), Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Dates

Born 29 Jan 1867
Died 28 Jan 1928
Activity 1892-1910

Places

Born in Spain
Active in Spain

Activities

Primary

Film/TV Script-writer/ Screenwriter
Novelist

Resources

Blasco Ibáñez's Works

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Born in Valencia on 29 January 1867 into a modest Aragonese family, Blasco Ibáñez was a man of action as well as of letters. His literary output was enormously varied and extensive, which led him to become one of the best-known Spanish novelists internationally. His works include novels, short stories, historical books, political essays and travel writings. Blasco led a combative and turbulent life. An anti-monarchist and anticlerical agitator as well as a social reformer, he sympathised with the poor and the oppressed, denouncing social injustice. His involvement with the Republican cause and his subversive campaigns brought him numerous prison sentences and frequent exile.

In 1884 he abandoned his law studies and fled to Madrid, where he worked as secretary for the novelist Manuel

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Citation: Fuentes Peris, Teresa. "Vicente Blasco Ibáñez". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 April 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12003, accessed 24 November 2024.]