Culture in mourning: farewell to Almudena Grandes, author of "The Ages of Lulu"
61 years old, a year ago she was diagnosed with cancer
The world of culture mourns Almudena Grandes, a Spanish writer who died yesterday in Madrid at the end of a tough battle against cancer. Born in 1960, she was the author of successful novels including "The Ages of Lulu", published in 1989 and which was then chosen for a film version by director Bigas Luna and in the cast Francesca Neri and Javier Bardem. Also famous are "Atlas of human geography", "Heart of Ice", "Too much Love", "The Ideal Daughter".
"We lose one of the leading writers of our time," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wrote on Twitter. "Spanish literature and progressives are in mourning," added Minister of Culture Miquel Iceta.
Grandes had revealed his illness on the columns of El Pais on 10 October, explaining that the diagnosis had come like a bolt from the blue a year earlier.
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