15 Facts About Almudena Grandes

Maria de la Almudena Grandes Hernandez was a Spanish writer.

Almudena Grandes won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Mediterranee among other honors.

Almudena Grandes was born on 7 May 1960 in the Chamartin neighborhood of Madrid, Spain.

Almudena Grandes began writing when she was nine and obtained a degree in Geography and History at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Almudena Grandes's last finished novel, La madre de Frankenstein, was published in 2020.

Almudena Grandes's books speak about the Spanish people in the last quarter of the 20th century and the first years of the 21st century, in a style characterized by realism and psychological introspection.

Almudena Grandes was politically left-wing, and her work revolves around Francisco Franco's regime and the impact it had on democracy.

Almudena Grandes was a vocal leftist, saying that it was reading that led her to these politics.

Almudena Grandes was a regular columnist of the newspaper El Pais and a contributor to radio programs such as Cadena SER.

Almudena Grandes gave her opinion about Spanish society, which she argued had become dumb and vulgar, and blighted by consumerism, materialism, and indifference to suffering.

Almudena Grandes harshly criticized right-wing parties and politicians, and left-wing ones, especially during the constitutional crisis in Catalonia.

Almudena Grandes was involved in the feminist movement, and was present during feminist demonstrations and protests.

Almudena Grandes married poet Luis Garcia Montero in 1994, with whom she had one daughter.

In October 2021, Almudena Grandes announced that she was suffering from cancer, which had been diagnosed in the previous year.

Almudena Grandes died on 27 November 2021, at the age of 61.