Francisco Umbral

Francisco Umbral
Francisco Umbral
	Umbral in 1992
Born	Francisco Alejandro Pérez Martínez; 11 May 1932; Madrid, Spain
Died	28 August 2007 (aged 75); Madrid, Spain
Occupation	journalist
Language	Spanish
Nationality	Spanish
Genre	novelist

Francisco Alejandro Pérez Martínez (11 May 1932 – 28 August 2007), better known as Francisco Umbral, was a Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist.^[1] In 2000, Umbral won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize.

References

↑ Caballé, Anna: Francisco Umbral. El frío de una vida, Espasa-Calpe, 2004, p.69. ISBN 978-84-670-1308-5.

Other websites

Obituary in The Times
"Some words about Mortal y rosa" at the Wayback Machine (archived December 27, 2006) (in Spanish)
The Guardian: Francisco Umbral, Celebrated and controversial Spanish writer whose columns attacked the famous

[1] Caballé, Anna: Francisco Umbral. El frío de una vida, Espasa-Calpe, 2004, p.69. ISBN 978-84-670-1308-5.

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