Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno
Unamuno in 1925
Born
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo

29 September 1864 (1864-09-29)
Died31 December 1936 (1937-01-01) (aged 72)
Education
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionSpanish philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Positivism
Existentialism
Main interestsPhilosophy of religion, political philosophy
Notable ideasAgony of Christianity
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Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (/nəˈmn/; Spanish: [miˈɣ̞el ð̞e̞ unaˈmuno i ˈxuɣ̞o]; 29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca.

His major philosophical essay was The Tragic Sense of Life (1912), and his most famous novels were Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story, and Mist (1914), which Literary Encyclopedia calls "the most acclaimed Spanish Modernist novel".