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Ana María Matute

Ana María Matute Ausejo (26th June 1926, Barcelona). Novelist and Spanish-language academic since 1996, she holds a preeminent place in Spanish literature, and is this year’s winner of the Miguel de Cervantes Award 2010.

She is part of the “astonished youth” generation (la generación de los jóvenes asombrados), a term she coined herself to refer to those authors who recount their childhood experiences of the Spanish Civil War /

Ana María Matute Ausejo (26 de junio de 1926, Barcelona). Novelista y académica de la lengua desde 1996, ocupa un lugar preferente en la literatura española. Premio de Literatura Miguel de Cervantes 2010.

Forma parte de la generación de los “jóvenes asombrados”, nombre que ella misma acuñaría a los autores que reflejan la situación de la Guerra Civil en su infancia.

Autora del mes / Author of the month

Ana María Matute, 85, has won the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish language.

Culture Minister Ángeles González-Sinde announced this year’s winner, who has now earned every major prize in the field, from the National Literature Award in 2007 to the Nadal in 1959 and the Planeta in 1954.

Read more… EL PAIS English edition

Ana María Matute in Cervantes TV

Ana María Matute: Bio-Bibliografía (Biblioteca Instituto Cervantes)

Ana María Matute: Wikipedia (in English)