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Pedro Mata
1875–1946
A Madrid-born Spanish writer whose novels, plays, poems, and journalism reached a wide audience in the early 20th century. Best known for popular fiction such as Corazones sin rumbo, he moved easily between literature, the stage, and the press.
2 Audiobooks
La voz de la conseja, t.1 Selección de las mejores novelas breves y cuentos de los más esclarecidos literatos
by Pío Baroja, Jacinto Benavente, Rubén Darío, Joaquín Dicenta, Ricardo León, Pedro Mata, José Nogales, Armando Palacio Valdés, condesa de Emilia Pardo Bazán, Benito Pérez Galdós, Pedro de Répide, Arturo Reyes, Miguel de Unamuno
Ganarás el pan...
by Pedro Mata
About the author
Born in Madrid on January 17, 1875, Pedro Mata Domínguez was a Spanish novelist, playwright, poet, and journalist. He built a varied literary career and became known as a versatile author who worked across several of the most popular genres of his time.
His fiction brought him especially strong recognition. His early novel Ganarás el pan… won a prize from La Ilustración Española in 1902, and Corazones sin rumbo (1916) became one of his best-known works, earning an award from the Círculo de Bellas Artes. Some of his stories later reached the screen through film adaptations.
Alongside his books and plays, he also worked extensively in journalism for major Spanish newspapers and magazines. He remained closely connected to Madrid throughout his life and died there on December 27, 1946.