Cela

American  

[the-lah] / ˈθɛ lɑ /

noun

1. Camilo José 1916–2001, Spanish writer.

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Cela British  

/ ˈθela /

noun

1. Camilo José (kaˈmilo xoˈse). 1916–2002, Spanish novelist and essayist. His works include The Family of Pascual Duarte (1942), La Colmena (1951), and La Cruz de San Andres (1994). Nobel prize for literature 1989

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Example Sentences

Only in its final moments did “Cela Nous” begin to address a question in Gutierrez’s program note: “What can liveness accomplish in a theater?”

From New York Times

Amid the sweaty bodies, fog and floating balloons in shapes of unicorns and elephants — perhaps a reference to “RainForest,” a 1968 Merce Cunningham dance featuring Mylar pillows by Andy Warhol with which “Cela Nous” was originally programmed — there was the chant of “Adieu” that turned into an a cappella song.

From New York Times

“Quelque part cela semblait logique que ses petits aliens soient dans l’espace, à nous observer de là-haut,” explique M. Pesquet.

From New York Times

Cela serait le summum de l’invasion de la vie privée par le monde digital.

From New York Times

His memoir opens with Yoni, the oldest of Benzion and Cela’s three sons, whom Bibi — the middle child — revered and adored, and whose 1976 death during a daring Israeli rescue of passengers from a hijacked airplane that had been forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda, has become the stuff of legend.

From Washington Post