Almudena Grandes

Almudena Grandes
Grandes in 2011
Born
María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández

(1960-05-07)7 May 1960
Madrid, Spain
Died27 November 2021(2021-11-27) (aged 61)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationWriter
Spouse
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(m. 1994)​
Children3
Writing career
LanguageSpanish
GenreFiction
Websitealmudenagrandes.com

María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández (7 May 1960 – 27 November 2021) was a Spanish writer. She wrote 13 novels and three short-story collections. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée. She was seen as one of the most important writers in Spain.

Grandes was politically left-wing. Her work was about the Francisco Franco's regime and the impact it had on democracy.

In October 2021, Grandes announced that she had colon cancer, diagnosed the year before. She died on 27 November 2021 from the disease in Madrid, at the age of 61.

References

  1. 1 2 Mayor Ortega, Leonor (27 November 2021). "Fallece la escritora Almudena Grandes a los 61 años víctima de un cáncer". La Vanguardia. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Acclaimed Spanish writer Almudena Grandes dies". La Prensa Latina Media. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Torres, Rosana (27 November 2021). "Almudena Grandes: divertida, llena de amigos, rigurosa, del Atleti y roja". El País. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Almudena Grandes anuncia que padece cáncer". La Vanguardia. 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.