Miguel Delibes

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Miguel Delibes : biography

17 October 1920 – 12 March 2010

Miguel Delibes Setién ( 17 October 1920 – 12 March 2010) was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of ’36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied chair "e". He studied commerce and law and began his career as a columnist and later journalist at the El Norte de Castilla. He would later head this newspaper before gradually devoting himself exclusively to the novel.

As a connoisseur of the fauna and flora of his geographical region and someone passionate about hunting and the rural world, he could give form in his works to all matters relating to Castile and hunting from the perspective of an urban person who had not lost touch with that world.

He was one of the leading figures of post-Civil War Spanish literature, for which he was recognized through many awards. However, his influence extends even further, since several of his works have been adapted for the theatre or have been made into films, which won awards at competitions such as the Cannes Film Festival, and television shows.

He was marked deeply by the death of his wife in 1974. In 1998 he was diagnosed with colon cancer, an illness from which he would never fully recover. As a result his literary career came almost entirely to a halt. He fell into apathy and became virtually isolated until his death in 2010.

Works

  • La sombra del ciprés es alargada (1947). Premio Nadal
  • Aún es de día (1949)
  • El camino (1950)
  • La barbería
  • El loco (1953)
  • Mi idolatrado hijo Sisí (1953)
  • La partida (1954)
  • Envidia (1955)
  • Diario de un cazador (1955). Premio Nacional de Literatura.
  • Siestas con viento sur (1957). Premio Fastenrath.
  • Diario de un emigrante (1958)
  • La hoja roja (1959). Premio de la Fundación Juan March.
  • Las ratas (1962). Premio de la Crítica
  • Europa: parada y fonda (1963)
  • La caza de la perdiz roja (1963)
  • Viejas historias de Castilla la Vieja (1964)
  • USA y yo (1966)
  • El libro de la caza menor (1966)
  • Cinco horas con Mario (1966)
  • Parábola del náufrago (1969)
  • Por esos mundos : Sudamérica con escala en las Canarias (1970)
  • Con la escopeta al hombro (1970)
  • La mortaja (1970)
  • La primavera de Praga (1970)
  • Castilla en mi obra (1972)
  • La caza de España (1972)
  • El príncipe destronado (1973)
  • Las guerras de nuestros antepasados (1975)
  • Vivir al día (1975)
  • Un año de mi vida (1975)
  • SOS : el sentido del progreso desde mi obra (1976)
  • Alegrías de la Caza (1977)
  • El disputado voto del señor Cayo (1978).
  • Aventuras, venturas y desventuras de un cazador a rabo (1978)
  • Un mundo que agoniza (1979)
  • Las perdices del domingo (1981)
  • Los santos inocentes (1982)
  • El otro fútbol (1982)
  • Dos viajes en automóvil: Suecia y Países Bajos (1982)
  • Cartas de amor de un sexagenario voluptuoso (1983)
  • La censura en los años cuarenta (1984)
  • El tesoro (1985)
  • Castilla habla (1986)
  • Tres pájaros de cuenta (1987)
  • Mis amigas las truchas (1987)
  • 377A, Madera de héroe (1987)
  • Mi querida bicicleta (1988)
  • Dos días de caza (1988)
  • Castilla, lo castellano y los castellanos (1988)
  • Mi vida al aire libre (1989)
  • Nacho, el mago (1990)
  • Pegar la hebra (1991)
  • El conejo (1991)
  • Señora de rojo sobre fondo gris (1991)
  • La vida sobre ruedas (1992)
  • El último coto (1992)
  • Un deporte de caballeros (1993)
  • 25 años de escopeta y pluma (1995)
  • Los niños (1995)
  • Diario de un jubilado (1996)
  • He dicho (1997)
  • El hereje (1998). Premio Nacional de Literatura.
  • Los estragos del tiempo (1999)
  • Castilla como problema (2001)
  • Delibes-Vergés. Correspondencia, 1948-1986 (2002)
  • España 1939-1950: Muerte y resurrección de la novela (2004)
  • La tierra herida: ¿qué mundo heredarán nuestros hijos? (2005). Written together with his son Miguel Delibes de Castro.