“a brand of Catholicism that is not Christian and of a paranoid militarism bred in the colonial campaigns,”
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Miguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic. His major philosophical essay was Tragic Sense of Life (1913), and his most famous novels were Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story, and Mist (1914), which The Literary Encyclopedia calls "the most acclaimed Spanish Modernist novel".
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culture · Spanish writer, philosopher and academic (1864–1936) · poet · philosopher · writer · essayist · novelist · literary critic · university teacher · playwright · politician · also Miguel de Unamuno, Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo, Miguel Unamuno, Unamuno
Born 29 September 1864 · Died 31 December 1936 · Q185085
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2026· 8 entries
El Digital de Cuenca: Sisante renovará de arriba abajo la calle Miguel de Unamuno: tuberías, alumbrado, aceras y nuevo asfalto
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Zenda: "Mecanópolis, la ciudad de las máquinas", cuando Miguel de Unamuno se convirtió en el primer escritor español de ciencia ficción
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moncloa.com: Miguel de Unamuno, el rector que desafió a Millán Astray en 1936
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Todo Noticias: Miguel de Unamuno, escritor: "Una de las ventajas de no ser feliz es que se puede desear la felicidad"
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Mundo Deportivo: Miguel de Unamuno, filósofo: "Lo que engrandece al hombre no es la posesión de la verdad, sino la búsqueda de ella"
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Cronista: Miguel de Unamuno, escritor español: “Cada nuevo amigo que ganamos en la carrera de la vida nos perfecciona y enriquece”
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El confidencial: Miguel de Unamuno, escritor: "¿De qué te sirve meterte a definir la felicidad si no logra uno con ello ser feliz?"
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2025· 3 entries
eldiario.es: Miguel de Unamuno confesó en una carta al novelista Henry Miller que temía ser asesinado
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EFE: Miguel de Unamuno confesó al novelista Henry Miller que temía ser asesinado
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Cadena SER: Miguel de Unamuno, convertido en un avatar digital
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2021· 2 entries
JSTOR Daily: Vol. 42, No. 2, 2006 Catedra Miguel de Unamuno. Cuadernos
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United States–based jazz pianist and composer Dave Meder published an album of original music inspired by Unamuno's life and writing, entitled Unamuno Songs and Stories
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2020· 1 entry
The Conversation: Las mujeres que escribían a Miguel de Unamuno
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2018· 2 entries
The details of Unamuno's speech were disputed by the historian Severiano Delgado, who argued that the account in a 1941 article by Luis Gabriel Portillo (who was not present at Salamanca) in the British magazine Horizon
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In the National Library and was part of the chronicle of the act that the newspaper "The Advancement of Salamanca" published the following day, 13 October 1936
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2016· 1 entry
JSTOR Daily: Miguel de Unamuno's Quest for Faith: A Kierkegaardian Understanding of Unamuno's Struggle to Believe
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2000· 1 entry
After the original was located in the water
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1999· 1 entry
It was again thrown into the estuary after a political meeting of Euskal Herritarrok
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1984· 1 entry
The head was installed in Plaza Unamuno near his birthplace
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1941· 1 entry
Possibly with some help from George Orwell, in a piece in the literary magazine Horizon, entitled Unamuno's Last Lecture
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1936· 9 entries
Died 1936-12-31.
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“Nie zadawaj się z osobami poważnymi, bo kto nigdy nie mówi głupstw, jest głupi od stóp do głów.”
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Unamuno had a public argument with Nationalist general Millán Astray at the university in which he denounced both Astray—with whom he had had verbal battles in the 1920s—and elements of the Nationalist faction (see § Con
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And Aragón and Unamuno had indeed a previous intellectual relationship
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When Unamuno showed temporary support for the Nationalist side
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“Miłość wynaleźli poeci, żeby móc później na jej temat wypisywać różne nudne brednie. Pozytywną rzeczą jest tylko małżeństwo.”
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“Ślepy był Longinus który nigdy nic nie widział: przebił Twą pierś,z której wytrysnęła krew i spłynęła po włóczni,a on ubrudził nią obydwie swoje dłonie,podniósł je, przybliżył do twarzy, otworzył oczy,spojrzał dookoła, uwierzył w Ciebie i został zbawiony.”
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“Fe que no duda es fe muerta. (hiszp.)”
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“O horror ao trabalho dá trabalhos sem conta.”
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1934· 2 entries
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble (1934).
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Wrote El hermano Juan o El mundo es teatro (Brother Juan or The World is a Theatre)
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1933· 1 entry
Career landmark: Madrilgo Ateneoko presidentea (1933–1934).
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1932· 2 entries
During the second Spanish Republic, Unamuno urged the clergy to end their attacks on liberalism and instead embrace it as a way of rejuvenating the faith
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Career landmark: Member of the Royal Spanish Academy (1932–1936).
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1931· 2 entries
Career landmark: Rector of the University of Salamanca (1931–1936).
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Career landmark: Member of the Cortes republicanas (1931–1933).
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1924· 1 entry
Over the protests of other Spanish intellectuals
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1912· 1 entry
José Canalejas was assassinated by an anarchist, he blamed it on the fact that Spain lacked a "true liberal democratic party" and in 1914 denounced the Spanish nobility for their alleged philistinism
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1909· 1 entry
Was one that sought to reconcile a great respect for individual freedom with a more interventionist state, bringing him to a position closer to social liberalism
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1901· 1 entry
Unamuno gave his well-known conference on the scientific and literary inviability of the Basque
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1891· 1 entry
Became a Greek professor at University of Salamanca
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1864· 1 entry
Born 1864-09-29.
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