Francisco Umbral
Appearance
Francisco Umbral | |
---|---|
![]() Umbral in 1992 | |
Born | Francisco Alejandro Pérez Martínez 11 May 1932 Madrid, Spain |
Died | 28 August 2007 Madrid, Spain | (aged 75)
Occupation | journalist |
Language | Spanish |
Nationality | Spanish |
Genre | novelist |
Francisco Alejandro Pérez Martínez (11 May 1932 – 28 August 2007), better known as Francisco Umbral, was a Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist.[1] In 2000, Umbral won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Caballé, Anna: Francisco Umbral. El frío de una vida, Espasa-Calpe, 2004, p.69. ISBN 978-84-670-1308-5.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Obituary in The Times
- "Some words about Mortal y rosa" at the Wayback Machine (archived December 27, 2006) (in Spanish)
- The Guardian: Francisco Umbral, Celebrated and controversial Spanish writer whose columns attacked the famous