Catalan writer, Juan Goytisolo, wins Spanish National Prize for Literature

Catalan writer, Juan Goytisolo, wins Spanish National Prize for Literature
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By h.b. - Nov 24, 2008 - 5:48 PM

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The 75 year old writer now lives in Marrakesh, and is a lover of Arab culture.

Catalan writer, Juan Goytisolo, has been named winner of this year’s National Prize for Literature, worth 40,000 €. The prize is awarded by the Spanish Ministry for Culture.

Among his latest works is the book ‘El exilado de aquí y de allá’. The 75 year old is a great traveller and currently lives in Morocco. He is considered an expert in narrative and has often written of his travels.

Born into a rich Barcelona family he grew up in the middle of the Civil War and suffered the bombings in the Catalan capital with his two brothers, Luis, also a novelist and José Agustín, a poet who died in 1999.

He went into exile in Paris when 25 where he worked as an editorial assessor, and then as a literature professor in several United States universities.

A lover of Arab culture and a fierce defender of human rights in the third world, his career now spans more than half a century, since his first work ‘Juegos de Manos’ in 1954.

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