Vicente Blasco Ibanez

Blasco Ibanez, Vicente (Blasco Ibaц?ez, Vicente) (1867-1928), Spanish novelist. Born January 29, 1867 in Valencia, in the petty-bourgeois family. Adhered to the Republicans, was actively involved in social and political life of the country has known exile, has repeatedly been subjected to imprisonment. Eight times elected deputy of the Cortes. During the First World War an active advocate of the Entente. When General Primo de Rivera seized power in Spain in 1923, Blasco Ibanez fled to Paris, where he became the leader of the anti-monarchist group and launched a campaign against the dictator. Blasco Ibц?ц?ez, died in Meudon (France) 28 January 1928.
Novels by Blasco Ibц?ц?ez, divided into provincial and significant, beyond the provincial subjects and local color. From the first most famous "Farm" (La Barraca, 1898), "The orange orchards" (Entre naranjos, 1900), "Il cane and" (Canas y barro, 1902), depicting the nature of Valencia and the lives of its inhabitants (the so-called ' Valencian cycle '). The second group is most representative of the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (Los cuatro jinetes del Apocalipsis, 1915), "His Holiness the sea" (El Rapa del mar, 1925) and "At the feet of Venus" (ц? los pies de Venus, 1926). In a psychological novel of the life matadors "Blood and Sand" (Sangre y arena, 1908) sounded the motives of social criticism, uniting Blasco Ibц?ц?ez, with the writers 'Generations 1898'. In Spain itself was not considered a writer of the first series, the impression of his books are often careless and spoils malovyrazitelny style. After experiencing a significant influence of naturalism, he became a transitional figure from critical realism to 'an age in 1898'. Blasco Ibц?ц?ez also wrote short stories and travel essays, worked for the cinema.