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Francisco Ayala
Francisco Ayala García-Duarte was a Spanish writer, the last representative of the Generation of '27.
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culture · Spanish novelist · writer · translator · novelist · sociologist · lawyer · literary critic · university teacher · jurist · journalist · also Francisco Ayala, Francisco Ayala (novelist), Francisco de Paula Ayala García-Duarte, Ayala
Born 16 March 1906 · Died 3 November 2009 · Q311167
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2009· 1 entry
Died 2009-11-03.
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2007· 1 entry
Became the first donor for the Caja de las Letras (Letter Vault) of the Instituto Cervantes
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2006).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Princess of Asturias Literary Prize (1998).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of Granada (1994).
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1991· 2 entries
Awarded Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1991).
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Received the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and, in 1998, the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense (1989).
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Spanish Literature National Prize (1988).
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Received the Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas
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1984· 1 entry
Career landmark: Member of the Royal Spanish Academy (1984–2009).
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded National Novel Prize (1983).
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At the age of 77, he was elected to the Real Academia Española
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1976· 1 entry
After Franco's death, he moved to Madrid for good, where he continued his work as a writer, lecturer and journalist
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1906· 1 entry
Born 1906-03-16.
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