Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher, professor of Greek and Classics, and later rector at the University of Salamanca.

Miguel de Unamuno
Unamuno in 1925
Born
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo

29 September 1864 (1864-09-29)
Died31 December 1936 (1937-01-01) (aged 72)
NationalitySpanish
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionSpanish philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy
Positivism
Existentialism
Main interests
Philosophy of religion, political philosophy
Notable ideas
Agony of Christianity

His major philosophical essay was The Tragic Sense of Life (1912), and his most famous novel was Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story.

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