Benito Pérez Galdós
1843 · 1920
A Spanish novelist and playwright, central to nineteenth-century realist fiction.
Life
Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, he spent much of his career in Madrid. His novels explore the society of his time, while the Episodios nacionales revisit nineteenth-century Spanish history.
Works
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