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Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno
Unamuno in 1925
Born
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo

29 September 1864 (1864-09-29)
Died31 December 1936 (1937-01-01) (aged 72)
NationalitySpanish
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionSpanish philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Positivism
Existentialism
Main interests
Philosophy of religion, political philosophy
Notable ideas
Agony of Christianity
Signature

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (Spanish: [miˈɣ̞el ð̞e̞ u.naˈmu.no i ˈxu.ɣ̞o]; 29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca.

His major philosophical essay was The Tragic Sense of Life (1912),[1] and his most famous novels were Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917),[2] a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story, and Mist (1914), which Literary Encyclopedia calls "the most acclaimed Spanish Modernist novel".[3]

  1. ^ "'The Tragic Sense of Life', by Miguel de Unamuno". gutenberg.org. Retrieved 27 August 2015 – via Project Gutenbert.
  2. ^ Abel Sánchez by Miguel de Unamuno. Retrieved 27 August 2015 – via Project Gutenberg.
  3. ^ "Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla [Mist]". www.litencyc.com. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

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