Ana María Matute (1926–2014)
Author of Olvidado rey Gudu
About the Author
Ana Maria Matute was born on July 26, 1925. She studied at the international school of Hilversum in the Netherlands. She was regarded as one of Spain's greatest post-Civil War writers. Her works include Los Abel (The Abels), Los Soldados Lloran de Noche (Soldiers Cry By Night), La Trampa (The show more Trap), and Family Demons. She also wrote books for children and young adults including Los Ninos Tontos (The Stupid Children) and El Verdadero Final de La Bella Durmiente (The True Story of Sleeping Beauty). She received numerous awards including Spain's National Literature Award for Children's and Young People's Literature in 1984, Spain's National Literature Award in 2007, and the Cervantes Prize in 2010. She died of a heart attack on June 25, 2014 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Ana María Matute
Premios Nadal 6: primera memoria(AM Matute), las ciegas hormigas(R Pinilla), El curso(JA Payno) (1992) 3 copies
Cuentos de niños y niñas 2 copies
Todos mis cuentos (Spanish Edition) 2 copies
Los cuentos, vagabundos 1 copy
School of the sun 1 copy
Tres y Un Sueno 1 copy
Wieża strażnicza 1 copy
Retratos de ambigu 1988 1 copy
Pecado de omision 1970 1 copy
LA PEQUEÑA VIDA 1 copy
Seltsame Kinder: Erzählungen 1 copy
PEQUEÑO TEATRO 1 copy
Pequeño teatro; novela 1 copy
PAULINA 1 copy
Associated Works
A Thousand Forests in One Acorn: An Anthology of Spanish-Language Fiction (2014) — Contributor — 47 copies
New world Writing 21 — Contributor — 1 copy
Biblioteca de selecciones (Hotel St. Gregory, La Jaula Del Prejuicio, El Tiempo, El Interno) — Author — 1 copy
Spanische Erzähler der Gegenwart; eine Anthologie — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Matute, Ana María
- Legal name
- Matúte, Ana María
- Birthdate
- 1926-07-26
- Date of death
- 2014-06-25
- Burial location
- Cementiri de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Spain
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Place of death
- Barcelona
- Places of residence
- Barcelona, Spain
Madrid, Spain
Mansilla de la Sierra, Spain - Occupations
- novelist
short story writer
musician - Relationships
- Matute, Facundo (vader)
Goicoechea, Ramon Eugenio de (ex-echtg.)
Goicoechea, Juan Pablo de (zoon) - Organizations
- Real Academia Española
- Awards and honors
- Premio Miguel de Cervantes (2010)
- Short biography
- Ana Maria Matute was born in Barcelona, Spain. Her early education was disrupted by childhood illnesses, her family’s frequent moves, and the Spanish Civil War. At age four, she went to live with her grandparents in Mansilla de la Sierra, a small town in the mountains, during recovery from a serious kidney infection. She would later use the region as a setting in her writings. While still in her teens, she published her first short stories and became a professional musician. In 1948, she published her first novel, Los Abel (The Abel Family). She matured as a writer during the fascist Franco years (posguerra period), and some of the recurrent themes in her work are violence, betrayal, and alienation, with an emphasis on the feelings of children and adolescents. She was known for adding elements such as myth, fairy tales, the supernatural, and fantasy to her writings. Her work was sometimes censored by the Francoist government. Matute also was a university professor, and traveled to various countries as a guest lecturer or instructor. In addition to the novels for which she is best known, she published several collections of short stories. Her literary prizes included the Cervantes Prize in 2010.
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