Camilo José Cela Trulock was born on May 11, 1916 in Iria Flavia. His father was Galician and his mother had English and Italian ancestry. Cela spent his childhood in Galicia, and move to Madrid in 1925. After several forays into poetry, his literary career comes to life in 1942 with the publication of The Family of Pascual Duarte, a novel with a certain raw touch.

Cela's work ended up being a wide of all literary genres, adding up to 120 books, including renowned titles like The Hive, Mazurca para dos muertos, Journey to the Alcarria, Del Miño al Bidasoa or La rosa, among others. After all, Cela was awarded with the most important literary prizes: Spanish National Novel Prize (1984), Prince of Asturias Award in Literature (1987), Nobel Prize in Literature (1989) and the Cervantes Prize (1995). Cela died in Madrid the 17th of January 2002.