Benito Perez GaldosBenito Perez Galdos (1843-1920) is Spain's greatest nineteenth century realist novelist. He was born in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria where there is now a Galdos Museum.He was a prolific writer, publishing 31 novels, 46 Episodios Nacionales ( a series of istorical novels outlining the major events in Spanish history from the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 to his own times.), 23 plays, and the equivalent of 20 volumes of shorter fiction, journalism and other writings. He was a great admirer of Dickens and translated Pickwick Papers into Spanish in 1868. Read More Read Less