Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Blasco Ibáñez in 1919
BornVicente Blasco Ibáñez
(1867-01-29)29 January 1867
Valencia, Spain
Died28 January 1928(1928-01-28) (aged 60)
Menton, France
Resting placeValencia Cemetery
LanguageSpanish
NationalitySpanish
Literary movementRealism

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (Spanish pronunciation: [biˈθente ˈβlaskojˈβaɲeθ], 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician, and a bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that were adapted from his works.