Madrid has a good number of talents in the literary scene. Cervantes , a renowned novelist, authored the classic 17 th century novel entitled Don Quixote de la Mancha.
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Federico Garcia Lorca , another local talent, is an internationally acclaimed poet and dramatist.
In Old Madrid, the literati gather in the barrio literario and drink at the prominent Café Gijon .
Ernest Hemmingway , who became a Madrid reporter during the Civil War, created two of his books in Madrid . Death in the Afternoon, which was published around 1932, was dedicated to bullfighting. His other piece called For Whom the Bell Tolls was publicized in 1940.
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During the late 20 th century, numerous new talents came out into the literary scene. These artists include Adelaida Garcia Morales and Ana Maria Matute - both are feminist writers, and Camilo Jose Cela who became a Nobel Prize winner in 1989.
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