In the history of letters, José Martínez Ruiz is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists José Martínez Ruiz as Spanish novelist, essayist and literary critic (1873–1967).
José Martínez Ruiz was born at Monòver in 1874. His recorded nationality is Spain. He was educated at Centre educatiu privat Escola Pia Sant Antoni and University of Salamanca.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
He worked as novelist, writer and journalist.
The writing is recorded in Spanish.
His work is classed as drama and essay.
A writer's real subject usually becomes visible only across the whole body of work.
Recognition followed: Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1946), Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (1963) and Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1946).
That the work was written from Spain matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
José Martínez Ruiz died in 1967, aged 93. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic — 1946
- Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III — 1963
- Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise — 1946
- Genres: drama and essay
