Pío Baroja

Pío Baroja
BornPío Baroja y Nessi
(1872-12-28)28 December 1872
San Sebastián, Spain
Died30 October 1956(1956-10-30) (aged 83)
Madrid, Spain
Resting placeMadrid, Spain
Occupation
  • Author
  • novelist
  • biographer
  • physician
NationalitySpanish
Literary movementGeneration of '98
RelativesSerafin Baroja (father)
Carmen Nessi y Goñi (mother)
Seat a of the Real Academia Española
In office
12 May 1935  30 October 1956
Preceded byLeopoldo Cano
Succeeded byJuan Antonio de Zunzunegui

Pío Baroja y Nessi (28 December 1872 – 30 October 1956) was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family. His brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew Julio Caro Baroja, son of his younger sister Carmen, was a well-known anthropologist.