10 Facts About Luis Goytisolo

Luis Goytisolo Gay was born on 17 March 1935 and is a Spanish Catalan writer in the Spanish language.

Luis Goytisolo is best known for his tetralogy Antagony, which was published between 1973 and 1981.

Luis Goytisolo is the younger brother to Jose Agustin Goytisolo and Juan Goytisolo.

Luis Goytisolo started studying law in 1953 but quit shortly afterwards to dedicate himself to literature and a political struggle against Francoist Spain.

In March 2015 Goytisolo donated 57 boxes of his personal archives to the Biblioteca Nacional de Espana.

In 1958 Luis Goytisolo became the inaugural winner of the Premio Biblioteca Breve for his novel Las afueras.

In 1993 Luis Goytisolo won the Premio Nacional de Narrativa for his book Estatua con palomas.

Luis Goytisolo was elected to seat C of the Real Academia Espanola on 24 March 1994, he took up his seat on 29 January 1995.

In 2015 Luis Goytisolo criticized the Spanish government for budgets cuts to the Academia, citing the Academia as fundamental to the Spanish language community worldwide.

In 2013 Luis Goytisolo was awarded the Premio Nacional de las Letras Espanolas.