life seems. In keeping with Spanish literary tradition, Baroja often wrote in a pessimistic, picaresque style. His deft portrayal of the characters and settings brought the Basque region to life much as Benito Pérez Galdós's works offered an insight into Madrid. Baroja's works were often lively but could be lacking in plot. They are written in an abrupt, vivid, yet impersonal style. He was accused of grammatical errors, which he never denied. While young, Baroja believed loosely in anarchism, like others in the '98 Generation. He later admired men of action, similar to Nietzsche's superman. Catholics and traditionalists denounced him, and his life was at risk during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). In Youth And Egolatry (1917), Baroja described his beliefs as follows: I have always been a liberal radical, an individualist and an anarchist. In the first place, I am an enemy of the Church; in the second place, I am an enemy of the State. When these great powers are in conflict I am a partisan of the State as against the Church, but on the day of the State's triumph, I shall become an enemy of the State. If I had lived during the French Revolution, I should have been an internationalist of the school of Anacharsis Cloots; during the struggle for liberty, I should have been one of the Carbonieri. Ernest Hemingway was greatly influenced by Baroja and told him when he visited him in October 1956, "Allow me to pay this small tribute to you who taught so much to those of us who wanted to be writers when we were young. I deplore the fact that you have not yet received a Nobel Prize, especially when it was given to so many who deserved it less, like me, who am only an adventurer." Baroja died shortly after this visit on 30th October and was buried in the Old Civil Cemetery of Madrid. An Iberia Airbus A340-642, EC-JPU (in service between 2006-2020) was named after him. Works available in English The City of the Discreet (1917). A.A. Knopf The Quest (1922) A.A. Knopf Weeds (1923). A.A. Knopf Red Dawn (1924). A.A. Knopf The Lord of Labraz (1926). A.A. Knopf The Restlessness of Shanti Andía, and other writings (1959). University of Michigan Press The Tree of Knowledge (1974). Howard Fertig: Caesar or Nothing (1976). Howard Fertig: Zalacain the Adventurer (1998). Lost Coast Press: Youth And Egolatry