Ramón Pérez de Ayala

Ramón Pérez de Ayala
Pérez de Ayala in 1931
Photograph by Ricardo Martín (1882-1936)
Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom
In office
1931 (1931)  1936 (1936)
Deputy of the Cortes Republicanas
for Oviedo Province
In office
September 17, 1931 (1931-09-17)  May 5, 1933 (1933-05-05)
Personal details
Born(1880-08-09)August 9, 1880
Oviedo, Spain
DiedAugust 5, 1962(1962-08-05) (aged 81)
Madrid, Spanish State
Alma materUniversity of Oviedo
OccupationWriter

Ramón Pérez de Ayala y Fernández del Portal (9 August 1880 5 August 1962) was a Spanish writer. He was the Spanish ambassador to England in London (1931–1936) and voluntarily exiled himself to Argentina via France because of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.