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 moment of writing and talks about biggest prize she has won.

Matute cuenta, desde su casa en Barcelona, lo que para ella ha significado la literatura, “incluso me ha salvado la vida”, confiesa; explica el manejo de la realidad y la imaginación a la hora de escribir y habla del máximo galardón que se le ha concedido.