Benito Pérez Galdós was born on 10th May 1843 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria and died on 4th January 1920 aged 76 in Madrid. He was a prolific writer and is widely considered to be Spain’s greatest novelist after Cervantes. He published over thirty novels, twenty-three plays, forty-six Episodios Nacionales (National Episodes) as well as a large body of journalism and other works.
