Ana María Matute

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Matute and the second or maternal family name is Ausejo.

Ana María Matute
Born(1925-07-26)26 July 1925
Barcelona, Spain
Died25 June 2014(2014-06-25) (aged 88)
Barcelona, Spain
Resting placeCemetery of Montjuïc
OccupationWriter
OrganizationMember of the Real Academia Española
AwardsCervantes Prize
Seat K of the Real Academia Española
In office
18 January 1998 – 25 June 2014
Preceded byCarmen Conde
Succeeded byFederico Corriente

Ana María Matute Ausejo (Spanish: [ˈana maˈɾia maˈtute awˈsexo]; 26 July 1925 – 25 June 2014) was a Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. In 1959, she received the Premio Nadal for Primera memoria. The third woman to receive the Cervantes Prize for her literary oeuvre, she is considered one of the foremost novelists of the posguerra, the period immediately following the Spanish Civil War.

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