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Almudena Grandes, born María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández on 7 May 1960 in Madrid, was a Spanish writer, screenwriter, journalist and novelist. She began her career in 1989 and wrote in the genres of chronicle and erotic literature, producing notable work such as Las edades de Lulú, and 155 works in total.
Grandes received the José Manuel Lara Foundation Prize, the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, the National Novel Prize and the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, and was nominated for the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She was married to Luis García Montero, had three children, and died of colorectal cancer on 27 November 2021 in Madrid.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1960
- Died
- 2021
- Works
- 155
Top works
- Esas que también soy yo
- Sete mulheres
- הקורא של ז׳ול ורן
- Malena es un nombre de tango
- María Teresa León
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Madrid, Spain
Known for
- The Writer: Almudena Grandes — Herself2025
- La guerra civil en Andalucía — Ella misma2022
- The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War — Self - Writer2020
- Del silencio a la palabra2019
- Flores en la basura2019
- Al cotxe! — Self - Interviewee2017
- Though You May Not Know — Self2016
- Jesús Monzón, el líder olvidado por la historia2011
- Lo + plus — Self - Guest1995
- A contratiempo — Tía Buena1982
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández , ( 1960-05-07 ) 7 May 1960, Madrid , Spain
- Died
- 27 November 2021 (2021-11-27) (aged 61), Madrid, Spain
- Occupation
- Writer
- Spouse
- Luis García Montero , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 )
- Awards
- National Literature Prize for Narrative (2018) Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize (2011)
- Language
- Spanish
- Genre
- Fiction
- Website
- almudenagrandes .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Almudena
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Madrid
- Place of death
- Madrid
- Spouse
- Luis García Montero
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Educated at
- Complutense University of Madrid
- Employer
- El País
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- erotic literature
- Official website
- www.almudenagrandes.com
- Image
- Almudena Grandes.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
Show 14 more facts
- date of birth
- 1960-05-07
- Commons category
- Almudena Grandes
- name in native language
- Almudena Grandes
- birth name
- María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández
- nominated for
- Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- social media followers
- 179658
- date of death
- 2021-11-27
- cause of death
- Colorectal cancer
- second family name in Spanish name
- Hernández
- manner of death
- natural causes
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
- place of burial
- Civil Cemetery, Madrid
- has works in the collection
- Memoria Chilena
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández (7 May 1960 – 27 November 2021) was a Spanish writer. Author of 14 novels and three short-story collections, her work has been translated into twenty languages and frequently adapted to film. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée among other honors. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called her "one of the most important writers of our time."
Early life and career
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