Miguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno | |
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Unamuno in 1925 | |
| Born | Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo 29 September 1864 |
| Died | 31 December 1936 (aged 72) |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Spanish philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Positivism Existentialism |
| Main interests | Philosophy of religion, political philosophy |
| Notable ideas | Agony of Christianity |
| Signature | |
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (/uːnəˈmuːnoʊ/; Spanish: [miˈɣ̞el de̞ unaˈmuno i ˈxuɣ̞o]; 29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) 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".