biography
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Unamuno (y Jugo), Miguel de
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pronunciation:
[oonamoonoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1864–1936)
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| biography:
| Philosopher and writer, born in Bilbao, N Spain. He studied at Bilbao and Madrid, became professor of Greek at Salamanca University (1892), and a writer of mystical philosophy, historical studies, essays, travel books, and austere poetry. His main philosophical work is Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos (1913, The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Peoples). He was exiled as a republican in 1924, but reinstated in 1931. As rector of Salamanca, he defied the forces of Franco in the Civil War. |
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