Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo 
                                  was born in Bilbao as son of a trader of Indian 
                                  anscestors in 1864. After high school in his 
                                  hometown he moved in 1880 to Madrid to study 
                                  Philosophy and arts subjects, where he gained 
                                  a doctorate with a study about the Basque people. 
                                  Back in Bilbao he is a private teacher untill 
                                  he gained the chair for Greek in Salamanco, 
                                  where he was going to live all his live apart 
                                  from times of exile and expulsion due to his 
                                  political engagements. In the same year he marries 
                                  Concepción Lizárraga.  In the beginning he was a supporter of the Positivism, 
                                  late he turns to Socialism and becomes member 
                                  of the party in 1894. Around 1897 he experiences 
                                  a deep personal crises as his personal diary 
                                  shows which leads to the fact that he turns 
                                  to more religious questions. In 1900 he becomes 
                                  director of the University of Salamanca, a post 
                                  that he loses in 1914 when he supported the 
                                  allies. Six years later Unamuno is prosecuted 
                                  because of an offending article about Alfonso 
                                  XIII. 1934 he was deported to the isle of Fuerteventura, 
                                  he goes to Hendaya and later to Paris into Exile. 
                                  In 1931 he returns to Salamanca and is again 
                                  Director of the University of Salamanca, again 
                                  he loses the post, this time by the government 
                                  of the Republic, because he joined the revolt 
                                  against General Franco. Little later he has 
                                  a serious discussion with General Milàn 
                                  Astray. In the same year he dies in Salamanca 
                                  on December 31. Unamuno was an original, lively 
                                  personality, very controversial as well in his 
                                  thoughts also in his political activities. He 
                                  is not a systematical thinker: His ideas are 
                                  to be found in his essays, his poems, novels 
                                  and drama. Among his essays are to be mentions: 
                                  The live of Don Quijote and Sancho Pansa (1905). 
                                  About the tragic feeling of lives of people 
                                  and peoples (1913). The agony of Christianity 
                                  (1926 -1931). He also wrote interesting novels 
                                  like Fog (1914), Abel Sánchez (1917) 
                                  or San Munue Bueno, Martyr (1933) and poems 
                                  of high quality and deep feeling like Christ 
                                  of Velázquez (1920).
 
                                  In the beginning he was a supporter of the Positivism, 
                                  late he turns to Socialism and becomes member 
                                  of the party in 1894. Around 1897 he experiences 
                                  a deep personal crises as his personal diary 
                                  shows which leads to the fact that he turns 
                                  to more religious questions. In 1900 he becomes 
                                  director of the University of Salamanca, a post 
                                  that he loses in 1914 when he supported the 
                                  allies. Six years later Unamuno is prosecuted 
                                  because of an offending article about Alfonso 
                                  XIII. 1934 he was deported to the isle of Fuerteventura, 
                                  he goes to Hendaya and later to Paris into Exile. 
                                  In 1931 he returns to Salamanca and is again 
                                  Director of the University of Salamanca, again 
                                  he loses the post, this time by the government 
                                  of the Republic, because he joined the revolt 
                                  against General Franco. Little later he has 
                                  a serious discussion with General Milàn 
                                  Astray. In the same year he dies in Salamanca 
                                  on December 31. Unamuno was an original, lively 
                                  personality, very controversial as well in his 
                                  thoughts also in his political activities. He 
                                  is not a systematical thinker: His ideas are 
                                  to be found in his essays, his poems, novels 
                                  and drama. Among his essays are to be mentions: 
                                  The live of Don Quijote and Sancho Pansa (1905). 
                                  About the tragic feeling of lives of people 
                                  and peoples (1913). The agony of Christianity 
                                  (1926 -1931). He also wrote interesting novels 
                                  like Fog (1914), Abel Sánchez (1917) 
                                  or San Munue Bueno, Martyr (1933) and poems 
                                  of high quality and deep feeling like Christ 
                                  of Velázquez (1920). 
 
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                                (The article is not really correct, the connection between Miguel de Unamuno and the Franquismo is not as strong as decribed. In the dispute mentioned in the article between Miguel de Unamuno and Milán Astray (founder of the spanish foreign legion Unamun said: venceréis, pero no convenceréis (You will win, but you will not convince.)
 Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo nació en
                                Bilbao en 1864, hijo de un comerciante indiano.
                                Después de cursar el bachillerato en su
                                ciudad natal, se trasladó a Madrid en
                                1880 para estudiar en la Facultad de Filosofía
                                y Letras, donde obtuvo el doctorado con una tesis
                                sobre el pueblo vasco. De regreso a Bilbao, se
                                dedica a dar clases particulares, hasta que,
                                en 1891, obtiene la cátedra de Griego
                                en Salamanca, ciudad en la que vivirá 

 el
                                resto de su vida, salvo los períodos de
                                exilio y deportación que tuvo que sufrir
                                por sus ideas políticas. Ese mismo año
                                contrae matrimonio con Concepción Lizárraga.
                                En un principio, Unamuno se muestra partidario
                                de las ideas positivistas, pero después
                                se inclina hacia el socialismo, y se afilia al
                                Partido Socialista el año 1894. Hacia
                                1897 experimenta una honda crisis personal que
                                agudiza sus preocupaciones de carácter
                                religioso, como queda reflejado en su Diario íntimo.
                                El año 1900 es nombrado Rector de la Universidad
                                de Salamanca, cargo del que es desposeído
                                en 1914, por declararse partidario de los aliados.
                                Seis años más tarde, Unamuno es
                                procesado por escribir un artículo injurioso
                                contra el rey Alfonso XIII. Deportado a la isla
                                de Fuerteventura en 1924, posteriormente se exilia
                                en Hendaya y luego en París. En 1931 regresa
                                a Salamanca y vuelve a ser nombrado Rector de
                                la Universidad, pero nuevamente es desposeído
                                del mismo, esta vez por el Gobierno de la República,
                                por haberse adherido al levantamiento del General
                                Franco. Muy poco después tendría
                                un grave enfrentamiento con el General Millán
                                Astray. Ese mismo año muere en Salamanca,
                                el día 31 de diciembre. Unamuno fue un
                                hombre de una personalidad original y desbordante,
                                muy polémica y, a veces, contradictoria,
                                tanto en su pensamiento como en su actividad
                                política. No es un pensador sistemático:
                                sus ideas están esparcidas en ensayos,
                                poemas, novelas y dramas. Entre los ensayos merecen
                                destacarse los siguientes:  Vida de Don
                                Quijote y Sancho (1905).  Del sentimiento
                                trágico de la vida en los hombres y en
                                los pueblos (1913).  La agonía del
                                Cristianismo (1926-1931). Además, escribió novelas
                                interesantes, como Niebla (1914), Abel Sánchez
                                (1917) o San Manuel Bueno, Mártir (1933),
                                y poemas de gran calidad y hondo sentimiento,
                              como El Cristo de Velázquez (1920).