MADRID (El País) .- A fulminating cancer is the life of one of the best writers of contemporary Spanish literature took. Rafael Chirbes died yesterday due to irreversible lung cancer that was detected last Monday after entering the hospital. He was 66.
Although the state of health was precarious Valencian writer for various ailments, his death has been a great surprise in his inner circle. In recent months, Chirbes had traveled to Portugal and several Spanish cities to promote their books. In Madrid, he participated in the presentation of the novel by Sara Mesa, an author of Anagram, the publishing house they shared.
Chirbes, author of On the shore , crematorium and Old friends , won the National Critics Award 2007 and National Narrative in 2014. These awards were accompanied by the sales success of his latest novels, something he said he did not fully understand the difficulty of its complex but wonderful prose. The adaptation of the novel Crematorium for the television series Canal + projected his image to a wider audience than the audience of his novels, although Chirbes always looked away from the media spotlight. The novel was translated into several languages.
His last works reflect the social, economic and political turmoil in Spain, especially in the wake of the crisis. Mafia practices of businessmen and politicians are mixed with the bitter frustration of the friendships that are corrupted by power and money. All told with a mastery of language, narrative and dialogues that deserved the praise of critics and lectores.De left Chirbes also focused part of its subject in the loss of ideals and dreams of social change.
Born in the Valencian town of Tavernes de Valldigna, in 1949, lived devoted to writing held in the small town of Beniarbeig Alicante, along with their two dogs. However, last year left his literary retreat to the first political and social online to participate in a critical platform with the PP government of the Generalitat Valenciana and ask for the reopening of the Valencian public television RTVV.
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