Camilo José Cela y Trulock was a prolific Spanish writer born in Iria Flavia, Padrón, La Coruña on 11 May 1916 and passed away in Madrid on 17 January 2002. He was a leading figure in post-war literature, working as a novelist, journalist, essayist, literary magazine editor, and lecturer.

He was a member of the Real Academia Española and was honored with multiple prestigious awards, including the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature in 1987, the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1989, and the Cervantes Prize in 1995. To honor his literary achievements, King Juan Carlos I granted him the title of Marquis of Iria Flavia in 1996.

Cela was associated with the Generation of '36 movement and is well known for his novels such as The Family of Pascual Duarte (1942) and The Hive (1951). Other notable works include Mrs. Caldwell Speaks to Her Son (1953), San Camilo, 1936 (1969), Office of Darkness (1973), Mazurka for Two Dead Men (1983), and Timber of Boxwood (1999).