Ramón Pérez de Ayala
Ramón Pérez de Ayala | |
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Pérez de Ayala in 1931 Photograph by Ricardo Martín (1882-1936) | |
| Ambassador of Spain to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1931 – 1936 | |
| Deputy of the Cortes Republicanas for Oviedo Province | |
| In office September 17, 1931 – May 5, 1933 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 9, 1880 Oviedo, Spain |
| Died | August 5, 1962 (aged 81) Madrid, Spanish State |
| Alma mater | University of Oviedo |
| Occupation | Writer |
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.