Farewell to Almudena Grandes. One of the Spanish contemporary writers best known to the general public has died at the age of 61. The Iberian media reported it. Grandes, who conquered the public with his novel “The Age of Lulu” had long been ill with cancer. “We lose one of the leading writers of our time,” tweeted Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
The success of “The Ages of Lulu”
Author of several successful novels, Grandes was considered the voice par excellence of the “losers of the Spanish twentieth century,” wrote El País, with whom the writer usually collaborated. His very first novel, “The Ages of Lulu”, in addition to having an important success with the public, was chosen for a film adaptation directed by the Spanish director Bigas Luna, with Francesca Neri and Javier Bardem in the cast (1990).
The Minister of Culture Iceta: “Today Spanish literature is in mourning”
“Today Spanish literature and progressives are in mourning,” tweeted the Minister of Culture Miquel Iceta, a socialist. Grandes was awarded the National Prize for Fiction in 2018. She was married to the poet Luís García Montero, director of the Cervantes Institute.