Ana María Matute

Ana María Matute Ausejo (26 July 1925 – 25 June 2014) was an internationally acclaimed Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. In 1959, she received the Premio Nadal for Primera memoria. The third woman to receive the Cervantes Prize for her literary oeuvre, she is considered one of the foremost novelists of the posguerra, the period immediately following the Spanish Civil War.

Ana María Matute
Born(1925-07-26)26 July 1925
Barcelona, Spain
Died25 June 2014(2014-06-25) (aged 88)
Barcelona
Resting placeCemetery of Montjuïc
OccupationWriter
OrganizationMember of the Real Academia Española
AwardsCervantes Prize
Seat K of the Real Academia Española
In office
18 January 1998  25 June 2014
Preceded byCarmen Conde
Succeeded byFederico Corriente
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