Ana María Matute

Ana María Matute Ausejo (26 July 1925 – 25 June 2014) was a Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. She is thought to have been one of the most famous writers since the Spanish Civil War."Estoy cansada de repetirlo: tengo 85 años, nací en 1925 y no en 1926 como se emperran en decir", El País, 16 November 2010.

She was born in Barcelona. She studied at the international school of Hilversum in the Netherlands. She was a guest lecturer to the universities of Oklahoma, Indiana and Virginia.

Death
On 25 June 2014, Matute died of a heart attack at the age of 88,Ana Maria Matute: Author who suffered under Franco and was acclaimed for her lyrical depictions of Spanish life in the Civil War, independent.co.uk; accessed 15 June 2017. and was laid to rest in the Cemetery of Montjuïc, Barcelona.

References

 Other websites 

Official Website promoting Spanish culture in English language 
Ana Maria Matute recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on November 30, 1964

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Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction
Category:Writers from Barcelona
Category:Miguel de Cervantes Prize winners