Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, born January 29, 1867 in Valencia and died in Menton on January 28, 1928, is a Spanish writer, journalist and politician. He is considered one of the greatest novelists in the Spanish language.

Anticlerical and republican, he led a troubled life and was at the origin of a political movement to which he gave his name, Blasquism; he also founded the newspaper El Pueblo in 1894 to disseminate his ideas. His style of naturalistic novel has made him compared to Émile Zola[ref. necessary].
Summary
Born on January 29, 1867 in Valencia, Spain, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was the son of merchant Gaspar Blasco and Ramona Ibáñez, a bourgeois family who instilled in him the republican ideal from an early age. In 1882, he began his studies in law at the University of Valencia. The same year, he published his first text in a local magazine, but shortly after he had to flee to Madrid, where he was arrested because of his republican and anticlerical activities.

Five years later, in 1887, he founded the federalist newspaper La Revolución, of which he was director and where he published his first book, Fantasías. The following year, at the age of 20, he obtained his law degree 1.

Bloody Arena, Mud and Reeds, Among the Orange Trees, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and The Argonaute are the best known of his novels. A significant number of his writings were translated into French, first by Georges Hérelle2, then by Renée Lafont3, which contributed to his literary notoriety in France.

He is the father of the journalist and politician Sigfrido Blasco-Ibáñez.

He is known throughout the world, particularly in Argentina, where he was invited in 1909 to go on a speaking tour. On this occasion, he decided to found, in this part of the world, settlement colonies for Valencian farmers. But four years later, he realizes that it is a failure, he finds himself ruined and in debt. He then returned to Europe and devoted himself again to writing.4

Then in October 1919, he was invited to the United States to host multiple conferences. It is now very appreciated and famous not only in Europe and South America but also in the United States. He will be very courted by the American press and by Hollywood, so much so that he will be named an honorary doctor by the University of Washington1.

It was from 1925 that Vicente Blasco Ibáñez had to go into exile in France, in Menton, for reasons of adversity against Primo de Rivera. In addition, the publication of his work, Una nación secuestrada, led him to take legal action against his family, threatened by the city of Valencia1.

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez died in [[Menton (Alpes-Maritimes)[Menton]] on January 28, 19285.
Works
The black spider (1892).

    1892: The black spider
    1893: Valencian tales (Cuentos valencianos) translated into French by Jean Monfort under the title Tales and news from the Valencian country (Kindle ebook, 2013)
    1894: May flower (Flor de mayo)
    1898: Cursed Lands2
    1900: In the orange trees (Entre naranjos)
    1901: Sonnica the courtesan (Sónnica la cortesana)
    1902: Mud and reeds (Cañas y barro), novel, translated into French by Maurice Bixio, Hachette, Paris, 19056.
    1903: In the shadow of the cathedral (La catedral)
    1904: The Intruder (El intruso)
    1905: The City of Futailles (La bodega)
    1905: The Horde (La horde)
    1906: Goya's Naked Woman (La maja desnuda)
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