Luis Romero (1916–2009) was a
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novelist. He was born in
Barcelona
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. He wrote two dozen books in a literary career spanning four decades. He won the
Premio Nadal
Premio Nadal is a Spanish literary prize awarded annually by the publishing house Ediciones Destino, part of Planeta. It has been awarded every year on 6 January since 1944. The Josep Pla Award for Catalan literature is given at the same ceremony.
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in 1951 for his novel ''La noria'' and the
Premio Planeta
The Premio Planeta de Novela is a Spanish literary prize, awarded since 1952 by the Spanish publisher Grupo Planeta to an original unpublished novel written in Spanish. It is one of about 16 literary prizes given by Planeta.
Financially, it is the ...
in 1963 for ''El cacique''. He wrote a well-received biography of the artist
Salvador Dalí
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(''Todo Dalí en un rostro'', 1975). He also published a couple of histories of the
Spanish Civil War
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, ''Tres días de julio'' in 1967, and ''Por qué y cómo mataron a Calvo Sotelo'' in 1982. The latter work won the
Premio Espejo de España
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. Late in his career, he won the
Ramon Llull Novel Award for his novel ''Castell de cartes''.
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1916 births
2009 deaths
20th-century Spanish novelists
21st-century Spanish novelists
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