Camilo José Cela and Eberhard Schlotter

CAMILO JOSÉ CELA (Iria Flavia, A Coruña, 1916 - Madrid, 2002) and EBERHARD SCHLOTTER (Hildesheim, 1921 - Altea, 2014).
"Don Quixote as read by Camilo José Cela".
With 40 color etchings by Eberhard Schlotter. Copy 83/355.
Rembrandt Editions.
Damage and discoloration on the covers.
Etchings numbered and signed by the artist.
Measurements: 42 x 42 x 9.5 cm (x 4 units).
This is one of the most important editions of this work in the 20th century. Its authors were, on the one hand, the Nobel Literature Prize winner Camilo José Cela, who modernized the classic text, and, on the other hand, the German engraver and painter D. Eberhard Chlotter, who made a series of color etchings to illustrate it. Camilo José Cela was a writer, novelist, journalist and member of the Spanish Royal Academy. He was born in the parish of Iria Flavia, in the province of La Coruña. In 1925 his family moved to Madrid and, years later, in 1934, he entered the Faculty of Medicine at the Complutense University. However, the Contemporary Literature classes taught by the poet Pedro Salinas, which he attended as a listener, provoked in him a change of direction towards his literary vocation. His first work was a book of poems entitled "Pisando la dudosa luz del día", published in the middle of the Civil War. In 1940 he resumed his literary work and two years later published his first novel, "La familia de Pascual Duarte". Since then, he wrote more than a dozen novels, as well as numerous short stories, fables, short novels and articles for newspapers and magazines. Among his novels are "La colmena" (1951), "El molino de viento" (1956), "San Camilo 1936" (1969), "Cristo versus Arizona" (1988) and "Madera de boj" (1999). Cela also cultivated poetry and published, among other titles, "El monasterio y las palabras" (1945), "Cancionero de la Alcarria" (1948), "Tres poemas gallegos" (1957) and "Reloj de arena, reloj de sol, reloj de sangre" (1989). He also wrote three plays: "María Sabina" (1967), "Homenaje a El Bosco I. El carro del heno o el inventor de la guitarra" (1969) and "Homenaje a El Bosco II. The extraction of the stone of madness or the invention of the garrote (1999)". Cela received notable distinctions throughout his career, such as the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature (1987), the Nobel Prize for Literature (1989) and the Miguel de Cervantes Award (1995).