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Benjamín Jarnés
A Spanish novelist, essayist, biographer, critic, and translator, he helped shape the experimental prose of early 20th-century Spain. His best-known work, El profesor inútil, earned him a lasting place among readers of modern Spanish literature.
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Locura y muerte de Nadie : Novela
by Benjamín Jarnés
About the author
Born in Codo, Zaragoza, in 1888, he spent about a decade in the army before leaving military life in 1920 and settling in Madrid. There he turned fully to literature and soon began publishing fiction, with Mosén Pedro appearing in 1924.
His reputation was firmly established with El profesor inútil in 1926, followed by books such as El convidado de papel and Teoría del zumbel. Although often linked by age to Spain’s novecentismo generation, his writing is especially remembered for its avant-garde style and its place in the lively literary culture around the Generation of '27.
Jarnés also worked as an essayist, biographer, critic, and translator, making him a wide-ranging figure in Spanish letters rather than only a novelist. He died in Madrid in 1949, but his work still stands out for its intelligence, formal playfulness, and modern spirit.