José Manuel Caballero facts for kids
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José Manuel Caballero Bonald
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Caballero Bonald in 2012
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| Born | 11 November 1926 Calle Caballeros, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain |
| Died | 9 May 2021 (aged 94) |
| Occupation | Novelist, lecturer and poet |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Education | Marianistas de Jerez School |
| Literary movement | Generation of 1950 |
| Notable awards | Favourite Son of Andalucía |
| Relatives | Plácido Caballero, Julia Bonald |
José Manuel Caballero Bonald (November 11, 1926 – May 9, 2021) was a Spanish novelist, lecturer and poet. He was born in Jerez, Spain. Between 1944 and 1948, he began nautical studies in Cádiz, and he wrote his first poems.
Around 1954 he was Secretary and later as Deputy Editor of the Papeles de Son Armadans magazine. In 1971 he began working for the Lexicography Seminar of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he stayed until 1975. He worked as a Contemporary Spanish Literature Professor at the Centre for Hispanic Studies at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania from 1974 to 1978.
In 2012, he was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize for his achievements in Spanish literature.
Caballero died in Madrid on May 9, 2021 at the age of 94.
See also
In Spanish: José Manuel Caballero Bonald para niños
