Family and friends of the writer Almudena Grandes she will be fired this Sunday at the La Paz cemetery, published in the Madrid town of Tres Cantos.
The Madrid writer died this Saturday at the age of 61 at her home in Madrid as a result of cancer that she was detected in September last year and that she finally could not overcome.
Many have been the samples of regret and affection expressed from social networks from areas such as culture, sports or politics in which they recognize their narrative talent, personality and political commitment.
One of the most important writers of contemporary Spanish literature, National Narrative Award in 2018, author of novels such as ‘Las Edades de Lulú’ -her first great success- or ‘Malena es un nombre de tango’, and of titles from his renowned series ‘Episodes of an endless war’, among other great works.
Wife of the poet Luis García Montero, current director of the Cervantes Institute, and a fighter committed to feminism and the political struggle of the left, The writer from Madrid is also considered one of the most consolidated Spanish narrators and with greater international projection.
Grandes, who also collaborated in newspapers and the media, On October 10, he announced in his regular column in El País that he suffered from cancer., diagnosed in September last year and that has finally been the cause of his death, this Saturday, at his home in Madrid.
Appointed in 2020 Doctor Honoris Causa from the National University of Distance Education (UNED), is also in possession of the Rosone d’Or awards of Italy for his work as a whole (1997), that of the UGT union, Julián Besteiro of Arts and Letters (2002), the International of Lawyers of Atocha , awarded in 2017, or the Jean Monnet Prize for European Literature, in 2020 for ‘Doctor García’s patients’.
Her first great success was ‘Las Ages de Lulú’, which she published in 1989, and with ‘Malena es un nombre de tango’ came her consecration as a writer.
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‘Atlas of human geography’ (1998), ‘The difficult airs’ (2002); ‘Castillos de Cartón’ (2004) or ‘El corazón congelado’ (2007) are titles of other great works by Almudena Grandes, who, a great passionate about Benito Pérez Galdós, decided in 2010 to publish “Inés y la feliz”, the first title from the series ‘Episodes of an endless war’, which won him numerous awards and which he has not finally been able to conclude.
Almudena Grandes was a great supporter of Atlético de Madrid.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com