Miguel Delibes | |
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 Delibes in 1998 | |
| Born | Miguel Delibes Setién 17 October 1920 Valladolid, Spain |
| Died | 12 March 2010 (aged 89) Valladolid, Spain |
| Resting place | Cementerio del Carmen, Valladolid |
| Occupation | Novelist, journalist, newspaper editor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Genre | Narrative fiction, Essays |
| Literary movement | Post-civil war literature |
| Notable works | El camino |
| Spouse | Ángeles de Castro (m. 1946, d. 1974) |
| Children | Miguel, Ángeles, Germán, Elisa, Juan, Adolfo & Camino. |
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| Seat e of the Real Academia Española | |
| In office 25 May 1975[a] – 12 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Julio Guillén Tato |
| Succeeded by | Juan Gil Fernández |
Miguel Delibes Setién MML (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel deˈliβes]; 17 October 1920 – 12 March 2010)[1] was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied letter "e" seat.[2] Educated in commerce, he began his career as a cartoonist and columnist. He later became the editor for the regional newspaper El Norte de Castilla before gradually devoting himself exclusively to writing novels.
He was a connoisseur of the flora and fauna of Castile and was passionate about hunting and the countryside. These were common themes in his writing, and he often wrote from the perspective of a city-dweller who remained connected with the rural world.
He was one of the leading figures of post-Civil War Spanish literature, winning numerous literary prizes. Several of his works have been adapted into plays or have been turned into films, winning awards at the Cannes Film Festival among others. He has been ranked with Heinrich Böll and Graham Greene as one of the most prominent Catholic writers of the second half of the twentieth century.[3] He was deeply affected by the death of his wife in 1974. In 1998 he was diagnosed with colon cancer, from which he never fully recovered. He died in 2010.
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- ^ Eaude, Michael (14 March 2010). "Miguel Delibes obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Royal Spanish Academy (19 October 2009). "HE. D. Miguel Delibes Setién (1975)". Archived from the original on 30 June 2010.
- ^ Reichardt 2010, p. 86.