Perez Galdos, Benito
1843 - Born on the 10th of May in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.
- Writer who was regarded as the greatest Spanish novelist since Miguel de Cervantes.
- His enormous output of short novels chronicling the history and society of 19th-century Spain earned him comparison with Honoré de Balzac and Charles Dickens.
1920 - Died on the 4th of January in Madrid.
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