born Jan. 29, 1867, Valencia, Spain
died Jan. 28, 1928, Menton, France
Spanish writer and politician.
An ardent republican, he was elected to the Cortes (parliament) but later settled on the French Riviera because of his opposition to the military dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera . His early novels are primarily intense depictions of life in Valencia. He achieved world renown for his novels dealing with World War I, especially The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916).