Pio Baroja y Nessi was a Spanish writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98.
13 Facts About Pio Baroja
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Pio Baroja's brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew Julio Caro Baroja, son of his younger sister Carmen, was a well-known anthropologist.
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The young Baroja studied medicine at University of Valencia and received a doctorate at the Complutense University in Madrid at 21.
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Pio Baroja managed the family bakery for a short time, running unsuccessfully on two occasions for a seat at the Cortes Generales as a Radical Republican.
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Pio Baroja's true calling was always writing, which he began seriously at the age of 13.
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Pio Baroja is best known internationally for another trilogy, La lucha por la vida, which offers a vivid depiction of life in Madrid's slums.
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Pio Baroja wrote the biography of Juan Van Halen, a Spanish military adventurer.
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Pio Baroja's masterpiece is considered to be El arbol de la ciencia, a pessimistic Bildungsroman that depicts the futility of the pursuit of knowledge and of life in general.
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In keeping with Spanish literary tradition, Pio Baroja often wrote in a pessimistic, picaresque style.
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Pio Baroja's works were often lively but could be lacking in plot.
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Pio Baroja was accused of grammatical errors, which he never denied.
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Pio Baroja later admired men of action, similar to Nietzsche's superman.
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In Youth And Egolatry, Pio Baroja described his beliefs as follows:.