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Juan Goytisolo | |
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 Juan Goytisolo in 2008 | |
| Born | Juan Goytisolo Gay[1] 6 January 1931 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | 4 June 2017 (aged 86) Marrakesh, Morocco |
| Occupation | |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Period | 1954–2017 |
| Literary movement | Post-Modernism |
| Notable works | Count Julian |
| Notable awards | Miguel de Cervantes Prize 2014 |
| Spouse | Monique Lange |
| Relatives | Luis Goytisolo, José Agustín |
For decades, my name was more popular in police stations than bookshops,
and I do not mean to compliment the literary awareness of Spanish policemen.[2]
Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo Gay (6 January 1931 – 4 June 2017) was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet he had lived abroad since the 1950s. On 24 November 2014 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.
- ^ El País Archived 2010-07-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ Quoted in Eberstadt, cited above.