Spain

19 banned books·Ranked #6 of 76 countries

Banned books

Autobiografía de Federico Sánchez

Jorge Semprún

MemoirNon-fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1964 · lifted

Bodas de sangre

Federico García Lorca

Literary fictionLGBTQ+Political

Government / national · 1939 · lifted

Campo cerrado

Max Aub

Literary fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1943 · lifted

Comprising 15 sections and over 300 separate poems, Neruda's epic masterwork traces the history of Spanish America from pre-Colombian innocence to modern corruption. This edition includes a comprehensive introduction and numerous photos of Neruda.

Literary fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1950 · lifted

Das Kapital

Karl Marx

Non-fictionPolitical fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1939 · lifted

Fields of Castile

Antonio Machado

Literary fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1939 · lifted

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

Addressing a 1937 Writers Congress in a rare public speech, Ernest Hemingway proclaimed that there is "only one form of government that cannot produce good writers, and that system is fascism. For fascism is a lie told by bullies. A writer who will not lie cannot live and work under fascism." With this rallying cry against the fascist forces in Spain's then year-old Civil War, Hemingway expressed his firm belief in an artist's need to write "what is true," his commitment to freedom, and his pas

Literary fictionHistorical fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1940 · lifted

Gypsy Ballads

Federico García Lorca

Literary fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1939 · lifted

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Spanish defend their Republic from General Franco's Fascist forces. Orwell joined the [POUM][3] Militia in the Catalan region of Spain, was injured in the fighting and invalided back to England. After leaving the front line preparatory to leaving Spain, Orwell saw for himself the machinations of the Comm

Non-fictionMemoirHistorical fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1939 · lifted

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

Literary fictionHistorical fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1939 · lifted

Marinero en tierra

Rafael Alberti

Literary fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1939 · lifted

Marks of Identity

Juan Goytisolo

Literary fictionPoliticalSexual

Government / national · 1966 · lifted

Nada

Carmen Laforet

Literary fictionPoliticalOther

Government / national · 1944 · lifted

The Forging of a Rebel

Arturo Barea

MemoirNon-fictionPolitical

Government / national · 1941 · lifted

The Hive

Camilo José Cela

Literary fictionPoliticalOther

Government / national · 1951 · lifted

The Hive

Camilo José Cela

Considered by many scholars and critics to be the "dean" of contemporary Spanish fiction, Camilo Jose Cela is one of Spain's most controversial novelists. In Understanding Camilo Jose Cela, Lucile C. Charlebois examines the 1989 Nobel laureate's ten most important novels. She shows that in addition to being unequivocally Spanish in their concerns, characters, and imagery, the novels speak to the larger world with their insights into our most basic needs, desires, and fears. Charlebois describes

Literary fictionPoliticalSexual

Government / national · 1936 · lifted