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Interview with Ana María Matute by Miguel Ángel Muñoz
La Jornada has a short interview with Ana María Matute by Miguel Ángel Muñoz (I think the same Muñoz as El Sindrome Chejov). She talks about the books of hers that she likes most. The interview is a little short, but there are a few things of note. –Un aspecto que marcó a toda tu generación [...]
Excellent Overview of the Spanish Short Story of the Last 20 Years at Sergi Bellver
Sergi Bellver has an excellent article on trends in the Spanish short story of the last 20 years. It is well worth the look if you want to see what is going on and more importantly, know who is doing it. He has an excellent list of authors past and present including some of my perennial favorites, Cristina Fernández [...]
Ana Maria Matute Interview Video at El Pais (Spanish Only)
El Pais has an interview with Ana Maria Matute where she talks about the role literature has had in her life, including saving her life. Matute explains from her home in Barcelona what literature has meant to her, ” it even saved my life,” she confesses; she explains the use of reality and imagination at the [...]
Review of Matute’s Celebration in the Northwest at Imagined Icebergs
Imagined Icebergs has a review of Ana Maria Matute’s Celebration in the Northwest. Since her work is more or less out of print it is good to see a review of her work. She won the Cervantes prize last year so she is getting some deserved reappraisal. The most enjoyable thing about this book is Matute’s [...]
Ana Maria Matute Wins the Cervantes Prize
Spanish author Ana Maria Matute has won the Cervantes Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes in Spanish letters. She is only the third woman to win the prize and long overdue for the honor. Many of her works are available in English. Writing during the height of Franco’s reign, her works often center on children [...]
Ana Maria Matute Interview in El Pais
El Pais has an interview with An Maria Matute. Since she isn’t going to write a memoir this is probably the closest you are going to get in the way of auto biography. Naturally, people are speculating if she will win the Cervantes prize next week. Pregunta. Tenía 17 años cuando escribió la novela Pequeño [...]
Ana María Matute at Revista de Letras (Spanish Only)
There is a good ten minute interview with the great Spanish writer Ana María Matute at Revista de Letras where she talks about her writing and her life. Of particular interest, she says she was the first to use children in fiction in Spain. Her contemporaries did not. Only after she gained success did they [...]
Ana Maria Matute, Amin Maalouf and Nicanor Parra Finalists for the Principe de Asturias
The Spanish author Ana Maria Matute, the Lebanese Amin Maalouf, and the Chilean Nicanor Parra are the finalists for the Principe de Asturias prize, which will be awarded on Wednesday. El Pais has a run down on the authors. It is interesting that a Lebanese author is listed amongst an otherwise Spanish language prize. As [...]
Spain in a 100 Books, the Women
Earlier I posted about a feature in Letras Libres that listed close to 100 books that helped define Spain in the 20th Century. One of the things you may have noticed is there were scarcely any women writers. Laura Freixas has remedied that situation with her addition of 25 women authors. I have read several and several are in [...]
Ana María Matute Interview in El País
There is a great interview in El País with Ana María Matute. They talk about how her heath has kept her from writing recently even though she has been completely mentally able to write. When talking about literature they discuss Matute’s works for children and how she has often written from the perspective of children. [...]
Ana María Matute in El País
Ana María Matute has a new book out and El País has given it a great review. If you have never read her work, she is definitely worth it. Her sparse short stories are excellent. Her name often comes up around Nobel time (although that may just be in Spain). If you are unfamiliar with [...]
