In 1990 he was appointed member of the Royal Spanish Academy, the definitive authority on the Castilian Spanish where his heterodox inaugural address, From the border related to the subject of his novel The old siren, published that same year, which can be considered a Spanish hymn to life, love and tolerance.
En 1990 é nomeado membro da Real Academia Española onde a súa heterodoxo discurso de ingreso, "Desde la frontera" ten moito que ver co tema da súa obra "La vieja sirena", publicada ese mesmo ano, que é un canto á vida, ao amor e á tolerancia.