1989年10月19日,瑞典文学院诺贝尔奖金评选委员会宣布,1989年诺贝尔文学奖荣获者是西班牙作家卡米洛·何塞·塞拉。他大概是现代西班牙最重要的小说家,他把现实主义和高度独特的风格结合为一。他是荣获这一奖金的第五位西班牙作家;第一和第二位是剧作家,第三和第四位是诗人。塞拉于1916年生于西班牙,青年时期当过军人、斗牛士、政府官员、画家和电影演员。现任马德里文学协 October 19, 1989, the Swedish Academy of Arts Nobel Prize Committee announced the 1989 Nobel Prize winner was the Spanish writer Camilo Jose Serra. He is probably the foremost novelist of modern Spain, combining realism with a highly distinctive style. He is the fifth Spanish writer to receive this prize; the first and second dramatists, the third and fourth poets. Serra was born in Spain in 1916, was a soldier in youth, matador, government officials, painters and film actresses. The current Madrid Literature Association