Famous Spanish author Matute dies
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E-mail Xinhua, June 25, 2014
Spanish writer Ana Maria Matute died aged 88 on Wednesday, a month short of her 89th birthday.
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Spanish writer Ana Maria Matute [File photo] |
Matute is considered one of the great Spanish writers of the post-civil war and is one of only four women to win the celebrated Premier Cervantes (Cervantes Prize), which many consider to be the Nobel Prize for Spanish literature.
Matute won the Premier Cervantes in 2010 and in recent years had formed part of the jury which decided the award. She was also a member of the Spanish Royal Academy, where she became the third woman elected to a post.
She was born in Barcelona in 1925 and saw her childhood affected by the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
That event was reflected in many of her works, known for their sympathetic treatment of young lives and which include themes of betrayal and isolation, while maintaining that innocence is never totally lost.
Matute was known for using elements such as fantasy and the supernatural in her writing, which often dealt with questions of small town life, which she experienced while recovering from a childhood illness.
She had also worked as a university professor and had travelled regularly to the United States to give lectures.
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