Cervantes-Prize-winning author Ana María Matute has passed away; see, for example, the obituaries in The Washington Post and at the BBC.
Some of her work has been translated into English, but most does not appear very readily available; you might want to try for Celebration in the Northwest -- see also the University of Nebraska Press publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
In the short review in (the pre-Tanenhaus) The New York Times Book Review William Ferguson wrote:
Some of her work has been translated into English, but most does not appear very readily available; you might want to try for Celebration in the Northwest -- see also the University of Nebraska Press publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
In the short review in (the pre-Tanenhaus) The New York Times Book Review William Ferguson wrote:
Ana Maria Matute belongs to the generation of Spanish writers who began to publish around 1950, when the repressive atmosphere of Franco's Spain joined with the fatalism of Old Castile to produce some truly merciless fiction.Kirkus Reviews was also impressed.