Pío Baroja
(1872-1956 ) Spain. Writer

One of the most important figures of the so-called "Generation of 98" in Spain, Baroja's work, prolific and intense extols the land and people of the basque country in works such as: La Casa de Aizgorri, Zalacaín el Aventurero, El Mayorazgo de Labraz, Las inquietudes de Shanti Andías. It chronicles the daily lives of the lower classes in Madrid in: La Busca, Mala Hierba, Aurora Roja, Aventuras, Inventos y Mixtificaciones de Silvestre Paradox; and analyzes in fictional works the political reality of the Spain of his time: La ciudad de la niebla, El árbol de la ciencia, Los últimos románticos, César o nada, El mundo es ansí, Camino de perfección. He also wrote his autobiography.