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Juan Goytisolo
Juan Goytisolo Gay was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet he had lived abroad since the 1950s. On 24 November 2014 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.
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Born 6 January 1931 · Died 4 June 2017 · Q353762
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
ESPAÑOL: Juan Goytisolo y las mujeres
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2020· 1 entry
Publishers Weekly: Books by Juan Goytisolo and Complete Book Reviews
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2017· 5 entries
RTVE: La 2 rinde homenaje a Juan Goytisolo y recupera el 'Imprescindibles' dedicado al escritor
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Cubaencuentro: Muere Juan Goytisolo
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Cubaencuentro: Juan Goytisolo, el premio que no fue
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Yahoo: Juan Goytisolo, who won Spain's Cervantes prize, dies at 86
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Died 2017-06-04.
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2014· 3 entries
Público: Juan Goytisolo, la voz crítica que apostó por tender puentes
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diccionario: Juan Goytisolo, un escritor crítico de «nacionalidad cervantina»
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Awarded Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2014).
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2012· 3 entries
Awarded Prix Formentor (2012).
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montevideo.com.uy: Juan Goytisolo distinguido
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Goytisolo confirmed that he was finished writing novels, saying he had nothing more to write and that it was better he kept quiet
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Spanish Literature National Prize (2008).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded FIL Award (2004).
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1997· 1 entry
Moved to Marrakesh, where he died in 2017
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1994· 1 entry
Won Medal of Andalusia (1994).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Nelly Sachs Prize (1993).
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1978· 1 entry
And lived together until she died in 1996
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1969· 1 entry
“Black Studies: Bringing Back The Person”
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1964· 1 entry
“But I saw a beggar here in Marrakech who had the face of my father when he died, and I was very moved.”
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1956· 1 entry
Performed six months of military service in Mataró, which inspired some of his early stories
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1954· 1 entry
Studied at University of Barcelona (1948–1954).
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-01-06.
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1928· 1 entry
His brothers José Agustín Goytisolo (1928–1999) and Luis Goytisolo (1935-2026) were also writers.
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