The Spanish novelist Ana Maria Matute passed away yesterday aged 88. She was, undoubtedly, one of the most prestigious writer in Spanish literature nowadays and the winner of almost every Spanish literary award including the Cervantes Prize. She also held a chair in the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language.
Ana Maria Matute at Wikipedia.
Read more at The Literary Saloon
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José Ignacio – I’m very sorry to hear this news. She will be much missed…
Margot, her last book Demonios familares will be pusblished posthumously in September.
Oh, that’s good to know, José Ignacio – thank you
Jose Ignacio: I am sorry to hear the news. Was she an author you had a chance to meet?
Bill, I never had the chace to meet her. She was highly respected in Spain.