“Miguel de Unamuno (y Jugo): (1864-1936) Spanish philosopher and writer. He was rector of the University of Salamanca 1901-14 and 1931-36; he was dismissed first for espousing the Allied cause in World War I and later for denouncing Francisco Franco’s Falangists. Though he also wrote poetry and plays, he was most influential as an essayist and a novelist. In The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Peoples (1913), he stressed the role spiritual anxiety plays in driving one to live the fullest possible life. His most famous novel is Abel Sanchez (1917). The Christ of Velazquez (1920) is a superb example of modern Spanish verse.”
Excerpted from: Stevens, Mark A., Ed. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Encyclopedia. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, 2000.
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