Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (born 1843)

Benito María de los Dolores Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. He was a leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist.

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