24 Facts About Miguel Delibes

Miguel Delibes later became the editor for the regional newspaper El Norte de Castilla before gradually devoting himself exclusively to writing novels.

Miguel Delibes was a connoisseur of the flora and fauna of Castile and was passionate about hunting and the countryside.

Miguel Delibes was one of the leading figures of post-Civil War Spanish literature, winning numerous literary prizes.

Miguel Delibes has been ranked with Heinrich Boll and Graham Greene as one of the most prominent Catholic writers of the second half of the twentieth century.

Miguel Delibes was deeply affected by the death of his wife in 1974.

Miguel Delibes was born in Valladolid on 17 October 1920, the third of eight children from the marriage between Maria Setien and Adolfo Delibes.

Miguel Delibes's father was born and died in the Cantabrian town Molledo, where Miguel spent many summers.

The name Delibes was of French origin and came from Toulouse.

Miguel Delibes's father was a law professor at the Valladolid Business School.

Miguel Delibes attended the College of Our Lady of Lourdes in Valladolid.

Miguel Delibes served on the cruiser Canarias, which operated in the Mallorcan region.

Miguel Delibes then enrolled at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios of Valladolid, where he honed his artistic skills.

Miguel Delibes's son Miguel, who would later become a famous biologist, was born in 1947.

Miguel Delibes's daughter Angeles, who would become a renowned biologist and researcher, was born the following year, and in 1949 his third child, German, was born.

Miguel Delibes would become a biologist like his siblings and fan of hunting and fishing like his father.

In 1962, Miguel Delibes published Las ratas, one of his masterpieces.

On 1 February 1973, Miguel Delibes was elected to the Royal Spanish Academy, occupying chair "e", which was left vacant after the death of Julio Guillen.

Miguel Delibes was largely disabled and fell victim to an ever-greater apathy.

Miguel Delibes was recognized by his city with the creation of the Route of the Heretic based on his novel and the construction of the Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, which is both a conservatory and auditorium as well as a convention center.

Miguel Delibes held the opinion that the Spanish Civil War could've been avoided if the Church had a reformist pope like John XXIII who reconciled with modernity at the time.

Miguel Delibes has been described as a liberal Catholic, who sought to find a middle ground in between liberation theology and the authoritarian Catholicism of Franco.

Miguel Delibes finally died at his home in Valladolid early in the morning of March 12,2010, at the age of 89 years as a result of the colon cancer that was first diagnosed in 1998.

Miguel Delibes's remains were cremated and buried in the Pantheon of Illustrious Men of Valladolid among personalities such as Jose Zorrilla and Rosa Chacel.

Valladolid City Council granted the privilege of moving the cremated remains of Angeles, his wife, to that cemetery to bury with Miguel Delibes, thus honouring his long-expressed wish.