Introduction: The life and work of Santiago Ramon y Cajal has been portrayed in scientific papers, biographical and autobiographical works, comics, films, television series or documentaries that have attempted to reflect upon his life or his contributions to science and to bring him closer to the general public.
Aims: To analyse the different ways Santiago Ramon y Cajal has been represented in literature, cinema and television, and to become more closely acquainted with this scientist through his fictional writings.
Development: A number of biographical works have been written about Santiago Ramon y Cajal, including scientific papers, comics, books for children and youngsters, as well as the autobiographical writings, essays and even science fiction stories, which provide a good introduction to the life of the scientist and his work. His life has also been adapted to film (Leap to fame) or television (Ramon y Cajal, historia de una voluntad; The butterflies of the soul), which have, with varying degrees of success and accuracy, made him better known to the general population.
Conclusions: The numerous biographical writings, historical notes, articles, the scientific work itself, the essays and fictional works by Cajal, as well as the portrayals of the Spanish Nobel Prize winner produced for films and television, can be used to obtain some interesting insights into the scientist, teacher, science populariser, humanist physician and, in short, the man who made such important contributions to neuroscience.
Title: Santiago Ramon y Cajal en la literatura, el cine y la television.
Introduccion. La vida y obra de Santiago Ramon y Cajal ha sido recogida en articulos cientificos, obras biograficas y autobiograficas, comics, peliculas, series televisivas o documentales que han intentado reflexionar sobre su vida o sus aportaciones a la ciencia y acercarlo a la poblacion general. Objetivo. Analizar como ha sido representada la figura de Santiago Ramon y Cajal en la literatura, el cine y la television, y conocer al cientifico a traves de su obra de ficcion. Desarrollo. Son multiples las obras biograficas escritas sobre Santiago Ramon y Cajal, articulos cientificos, comics, libros para niños y jovenes, sin olvidar las obras autobiograficas, ensayos, e incluso literatura de ciencia ficcion, que permiten una buena aproximacion a la vida del cientifico y a su obra. Su figura ha sido tambien llevada al cine (Salto a la gloria) o a la television (Ramon y Cajal, historia de una voluntad; Las mariposas del alma), que han acercado a Cajal, con mayor o menor acierto y exactitud, a la poblacion general. Conclusiones. A traves de los numerosos escritos biograficos, apuntes historicos, articulos, la propia obra cientifica, de ensayo y de ficcion de Cajal, asi como de las representaciones que el cine y la television han hecho del Nobel español, podemos realizar una interesante aproximacion al cientifico, al profesor, al divulgador, al medico humanista y, en suma, al hombre que realizo tan importantes aportaciones a la neurociencia.