Author Javier Marias He died this Sunday at the age of 70 in a hospital in Madrid. hospitalized for a complication of his lung conditionas sources from the editorial confirm to Efe.
On August 15, Alfaguara publishing house reported that the writer and academician Javier Marías (Madrid, 1951) was suffering from an illness.a lung condition that is “in the process of recovery”.
“Considering the concern expressed by author Javier Marias’ health condition, we inform you that he is suffering from a lung condition that he is in the process of recovering,” the publisher said in a statement wishing a “speedy recovery.” “for the author.
Marias Has occupied the “R” chair of the Royal Spanish Academy since 2008 and he was the son of the philosopher Julián Marías, who was also a member of this being.
Common in Nobel Prize nominees lists He is annually recognized as one of the best novelists in Spanish of recent decades, in addition to being an essayist and short story writer.
Fifty years of professional experience Received many awards in SpainHe was awarded the José Donoso Prize in 2008 for all his work by other European countries or the University of Talca in Chile.
Javier Marías was the author of fifteen novels, among them. ‘Emotional man’ (Ennio Flaiano Award), ‘all souls’ (City of Barcelona Award) or ‘his heart is so white’ (Critics Award, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, Prix l’Oeil et la Lettre).
His other novels are ‘Think of me at war tomorrow’ (Rómulo Gallegos Award, Prix Femina Etranger, Mondello Award, Fastenrath Award), ‘Island of Berta’ (Critics Award, Dulce Chacón Award, Best Book of the Year in Babelia, Corriere della Sera and Público de Portugal) and ‘Thomas Nevison’His last book published in March.
Last December, he was named an International Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a charity for the promotion of English literature, a list that includes David Grossman, Annie Ernaux, Amin Maalouf and Olga Tokarczuk, among other authors.
His works have been published in forty-six languages and in fifty-nine countries and have sold nearly nine million copies.
Degree in Philosophy and Literature from the Complutense University of MadridMarías majored in English philology and has taught at Oxford University (United Kingdom) and Wellesley College (United States) as professor of Spanish literature and professor of Translation Theory at the Institute of Modern Languages and Translators. Complutense University.
He has also translated important Anglo-Saxon writers such as Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, Laurence Sterne, Yeats, Robert L. Stevenson, and Thomas Browne.
Recently, she has had little public appearances and interviews, although she continues to publish books and newspaper articles.