Spain Title Author(s) Year published Type Notes Works Johannes Kepler 1596–1634 Non-fiction Banned by Habsburg Monarchy of Spain for perceived heresy.Patrick Bonner (ed.), Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology. New York : Springer, (p. 44) Works Voltaire 1727–1778 Novels, Plays, Non-fiction Voltaire's entire body of work was banned by the Bourbon Monarchy of Spain, after it was condemned by the Spanish Inquisition.David Thatcher Gies, The Cambridge history of Spanish literature New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. (pg. 302) Works Vicente Blasco Ibáñez 1892–1928 Novels, Non-fiction All of Blasco Ibáñez's books were banned by the Franco government in 1939.Herbert Rutledge Southworth, Spanish Publishing in Exile. New York, Bowker, 1940 (pg. 3) A Short History of the World H. G. Wells 1922 Non-fiction An expanded, Spanish-language translation of A Short History of the World, discussing recent world events, was banned by Spanish censors in 1940. This edition of A Short History was not published in Spain until 1963. In two 1948 reports, Spanish censors gave a list of objections to the books's publication. These were that the book "shows socialist inclinations, attacks the Catholic Church, gives a twisted interpretation of the Spanish Civil War and the Spanish National Movement, and contains 'tortuous concepts'."Patrick Parrinder and John S. Partington, The reception of H.G. Wells in Europe. London : Thoemmes continuum, 2005. (p.251) Ulysses James Joyce 1922 Novel The complete 1945 Spanish-language translation of Ulysses was suppressed by the Spanish authorities until 1962.Gayle Rogers, Modernism and the new Spain : Britain, cosmopolitan Europe, and literary history. New York : Oxford University Press, 2015. (pg.249). The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf 1936 Children's fiction Banned in Francoist Spain. Homage to Catalonia George Orwell 1938 Non-fiction Banned in Francoist Spain for its support of the Republican faction during the Spanish Civil War.Alberto Lázaro, The Road from George Orwell : his achievement and legacy.Oxford : Peter Lang, 2001. (p. 78) For Whom The Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway 1940 Novel Suppressed by the Spanish authorities until 1968.Douglas Henry Laprade, Hemingway and Franco. (2007) (pp. 110–111) Works Federico García Lorca 1939 Poetry, drama Banned until 1954; published in Argentina. You Can't Be Too Careful H. G. Wells 1941 Novel Banned in Francoist Spain for criticizing Christianity, and for mentioning the Bombing of Guernica by the Axis air forces.Patrick Parrinder and John S. Partington, The reception of H.G. Wells in Europe.London : Thoemmes continuum, 2005. (p.248) The Spanish Labyrinth Gerald Brenan 1943 Non-fiction Banned in Francoist Spain because of its strong criticism of the Nationalist Faction's actions during the Spanish Civil War."Gerald Brenan, British Author; In Spain at 92", Burt A. Folkart. LA Times, January 23, 1987. Retrieved August 10th, 2018. The Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir 1949 Non-fiction Banned in Francoist Spain for its advocacy of feminism.Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez and Alicia Castillo Villanueva, (eds.) New Approaches to Translation, Conflict and Memory : Narratives of the Spanish Civil War and the Dictatorship.Cham : Springer International Publishing : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. (p. 96) The Hive Camilo José Cela 1950 Fiction Banned by censors of Francoist Spain." Franco's government censors immediately banned The Hive, which was published for the first time in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1951". "Camilo José Cela", in Michael Sollars, Arbolina Llamas Jennings, (eds.) The Facts on File Companion to the World Novel: 1900 to the Present. New York; Infobase Publishing, 2008 (p. 149) The Spanish Civil War Hugh Thomas 1961 Non-fiction Banned by censors of Francoist Spain for its negative depiction of the Nationalist Faction during the Civil War, and its critique of the Franco regime. The Death of Lorca Ian Gibson 1971 Biography Banned briefly in Spain.Assassination of Federico Garcia Lorca: Gibson, Ian – AbeBooks – 9780140064735: Courtyard Books BA. AbeBooks. Retrieved on 2010-05-09.
Spain Title Author(s) Year published Type Notes Works Johannes Kepler 1596–1634 Non-fiction Banned by Habsburg Monarchy of Spain for perceived heresy.Patrick Bonner (ed.), Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology. New York : Springer, (p. 44) Works Voltaire 1727–1778 Novels, Plays, Non-fiction Voltaire's entire body of work was banned by the Bourbon Monarchy of Spain, after it was condemned by the Spanish Inquisition.David Thatcher Gies, The Cambridge history of Spanish literature New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. (pg. 302) Works Vicente Blasco Ibáñez 1892–1928 Novels, Non-fiction All of Blasco Ibáñez's books were banned by the Franco government in 1939.Herbert Rutledge Southworth, Spanis!h Publishing in Exile. New York, Bowker, 1940 (pg. 3) A Short History of the World H. G. Wells 1922 Non-fiction An expanded, Spanish-language translation of A Short History of the World, discussing recent world events, was banned by Spanish censors in 1940. This edition of A Short History was not published in Spain until 1963. In two 1948 reports, Spanish censors gave a list of objections to the books's publication. These were that the book "shows socialist inclinations, attacks the Catholic Church, gives a twisted interpretation of the Spanish Civil War and the Spanish National Movement, and contains 'tortuous concepts'."Patrick Parrinder and John S. Partington, The reception of H.G. Wells in Europe. London : Thoemmes continuum, 2005. (p.251) Ulysses James Joyce 1922 Novel The complete 1945 Spanish-language translation of Ulysses was suppressed by the Spanish authorities until 1962.Gayle Rogers, Modernism and the new Spain : Britain, cosmopolitan Europe, and literary history. New York : Oxford University Press, 2015. (pg.249). The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf 1936 Children's fiction Banned in Francoist Spain. Homage to Catalonia George Orwell 1938 Non-fiction Banned in Francoist Spain for its support of the Republican faction during the Spanish Civil War.Alberto Lázaro, The Road from George Orwell : his achie!vement and legacy.Oxford : Peter Lang, 2001. (p. 78) For Whom The Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway 1940 Novel Suppressed by the Spanish authorities until 1968.Douglas Henry Laprade, Hemingway and Franco. (2007) (pp. 110–111) Works Federico García Lorca 1939 Poetry, drama Banned until 1954; published in Argentina. You Can't Be Too Careful H. G. Wells 1941 Novel Banned in Francoist Spain for criticizing Christianity, and for mentioning the Bombing of Guernica by the Axis air forces.Patrick Parrinder and John S. Partington, The reception of H.G. Wells in Europe.London : Thoemmes continuum, 2005. (p.248) The Spanish Labyrinth Gerald Brenan 1943 Non-fiction Banned in Francoist Spain because of its strong, criticism of the Nationalist Faction's actions during the Spanish Civil War."Gerald Brenan, British Author; In Spain at 92", Burt A. Folkart. LA Times, January 23, 1987. Retrieved August 10th, 2018. The Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir 1949 Non-fiction Banned in Francoist Spain for its advocacy of feminism.Lucía Pintado Gutiérrez and Alicia Castillo Villanueva, (eds.) New Approaches to Translation, Conflict and Memory : Narratives of the Spanish .Civil War and the Dictatorship.Cham : Springer International Publishing : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. (p. 96) The Hive Camilo José Cela 1950 Fiction Banned by censors of Francoist Spain." Franco's government censors immediately banned The Hive, which was published for the first time in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1951". "Camilo José Cela", in Michael Sollars, Arbolina Llamas Jennings, (eds.) The Facts on File Companion to the World Novel: 1900 to the Present. New York; Infobase Publishing, 2008 (p. 149) The Spanish Civil War Hugh Thomas 1961 Non-fiction Banned by censors of Francoist Spain for its negative depiction of the Nationalist Faction during the Civil War, and its critique of the Franco regime. The Death of Lorca Ian Gibson 1971 Biography Banned briefly in Spain.Assassination of Federico Garcia Lorca: Gibson, Ian – AbeBooks – 9780140064735: Courtyard Books BA. AbeBooks. Retrieved on 2010-05-09.