Pedro Mata y Domínguez

Pedro Mata y Domínguez
Born(1875-01-17)January 17, 1875
DiedDecember 27, 1946(1946-12-27) (aged 71)
OccupationWriter, journalist, poet, novelist, playwright
Period1901–1945

Pedro Mata Domínguez (Madrid, 17 January 1875 – Madrid, 27 December 1946) was a Spanish novelist, playwright and poet. He was the grandson of Pedro Mata Fontanet.

His first novel Ganarás el pan… received the prize of La Ilustración Española (1902), while his most popular novel was Corazones sin rumbo (1916), a work awarded the palm of the Círculo de Bellas Artes.