Pagine1867–1928 · Valencia, Spain · also known as Blasco Ibáñez, Blasco Ibanez
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was a politician, journalist and novelist who became an international bestseller. His early novels such as The Cabin (La barraca, 1898) portray the farmers of Valencia; Blood and Sand (1908) follows a bullfighter; and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916), a World War I epic, was a huge hit in America and became a 1921 film starring Rudolph Valentino.
Begin with The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was a politician, journalist and novelist who became an international bestseller. His early novels such as The Cabin (La barraca, 1898) portray the farmers of Valencia; Blood and Sand (1908) follows a bullfighter; and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1916), a World War I epic, was a huge hit in America and became a 1921 film starring Rudolph Valentino.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is usually considered Vicente Blasco Ibáñez’s best-known work, followed by Blood and Sand, The Cabin.
Most readers start with The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Both refer to the same writer. Other spellings and names include Blasco Ibáñez, Blasco Ibanez.
Many of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez’s works are in the public domain; we link to free editions below.