Manuel Vicent (born 1936) is a Spanish writer.
He was born in
La Vilavella,
Castellón and studied philosophy and law at the
University of Valencia
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. A prolific author, he has written more than 40 books. He has won several literary prizes, including 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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and the
Premio Alfaguara
The Alfaguara Novel Prize ( es, Premio Alfaguara de Novela) is a Spanish-language literary award. The award is one of the most prestigious in the Spanish language. It includes a prize of (about ) making it one of the richest literary prizes in th ...
, which he won twice.
Prizes
*1966:
Premio Alfaguara de Novela, for ''Pascua y naranjas''
*1979:
Premio González-Ruano
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, for ''No pongas tus sucias manos sobre Mozart''
*1986:
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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, for ''Balada de Caín''
*1994:
Premio Francisco Cerecedo
*1999:
Premio Alfaguara de Novela, for ''Son de mar''
References
Spanish male writers
1936 births
Living people
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