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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Born on January 29, 1867

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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (Spanish pronunciation:, 29 January 1867 – 28 January 1928) was a journalist, politician, and a bestselling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films that were adapted from his works.

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