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Edward FitzGerald "Gerald" Brenan, CBE, MC (7 April 1894 – 19 January 1987) was a British writer and hispanist who spent much of his life in Spain. Brenan is probably best known for The Spanish Labyrinth , a historical work on the background to the Spanish Civil War , and for a mainly autobiographical work South from Granada: Seven Years in ...
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- 19 January 1987 (aged 92), Alhaurin el Grande, Spain
Learn about the life and works of Gerald Brenan, a British author who lived in Spain for many years and wrote about its culture and history. Explore his timeline, books, relationships, and legacy.
Jan 24, 1987 · Gerald Brenan, a British author who wrote on Spanish history and culture, has died of heart failure, his doctor said today. He was 92 years old. The physician, Dr. Francisco Burgos, said Mr....
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Aug 6, 2015 · Thu 6 Aug 2015 07.30 EDT. I first read Gerald Brenan’s Personal Record 1920-1972, the second volume of his autobiography, more than 30 years ago when I was in limbo, unhappily working as an...
April 07, 1894. Died. January 19, 1987. edit data. Edward FitzGerald "Gerald" Brenan, CBE was an Anglo-Irish writer and Hispanist who spent much of his life in Spain. He is best known for The Spanish Labyrinth, a historical work on the background to the Spanish Civil War, and for South from Granada: Seven Years in an Andalusian Village.
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Jan 23, 1987 · Jan. 23, 1987 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Anglo-Irish writer Gerald Brenan, an intimate of the shockingly brilliant Bloomsbury group, whose books on Spain won him the love of his adopted...
Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth has become the classic account of the background to the Spanish Civil War. Written during and immediately after the Civil War, this book has all the vividness of the author's experience.
