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Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was a prolific Spanish writer from Barcelona: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and an FC Barcelona supporter.
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culture · Spanish novelist (1939–2003) · writer · journalist · politician · restaurateur · poet · essayist · literary critic · opinion journalist · university teacher · novelist · also Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Manolo V, el Empecinado, Sixto Cámara, Montalbán
Born 14 June 1939 · Died 18 October 2003 · Q316884
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2026· 4 entries
Mundo Deportivo: Jordi Puntí, Premio Internacional de Periodismo Deportivo Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 2026
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FC Barcelona: Jordi Puntí, 2026 Manuel Vázquez Montalbán International Sports Journalism Award
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FC Barcelona: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán International Prize for Sports Journalism panel meet
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2011· 1 entry
Diario de Sevilla: Las aventuras periodísticas de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
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2003· 2 entries
Died 2003-10-18.
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UPI: Author Manuel Vazquez Montalban dies
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Spanish Literature National Prize (1995).
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1992· 2 entries
Awarded Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation (1992).
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Published Autobiografía del general Franco, which was awarded the 1994 international prize Premio Internacional de Literatura Ennio Flaiano
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded National Novel Prize (1991).
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1988· 1 entry
Wrote and published a children's book called, Escenas de la Literatura Universal y Retratos de Grandes Autores (English version as "Scenes from World Literature and Portraits of Greatest Authors"), which is illustrate
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded German Crime Fiction Award for Asesinato en el Comité Central (1986).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Saint George's Cross (1985).
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for The South Seas (1981).
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1979· 2 entries
Awarded Premio Planeta de Novela (1979).
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Bringing fame for both the writer and the fictional detective, who would later be portrayed in films, TV series and comic strips
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1974· 1 entry
Wrote the libretto for Salvador Dalí's opera-poem Être Dieu (To Be God), with music by French avant-garde composer Igor Wakhévitch
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1972· 1 entry
Followed by Tatuaje (Tattoo) in 1975 and La soledad del manager (The Angst-Ridden Executive) in 1977
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1939· 1 entry
Born 1939-06-14.
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