Javier García Sánchez is a

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writer. Born in Barcelona in 1955, he studied at the

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. He edited the magazine '' Quimera'' for two years, and wrote in the culture pages of '' La Voz de Euskadi''. He achieved literary success with his second novel ''La dama del viento sur'' (''Lady of the South Wind''), which won the Premio Pío Baroja and was translated into English by Michael Bradburn Ruster and Myrna R. Villa. He won the

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with a later novel ''La historia más triste''. His book on the champion

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has been translated into English.Bio
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Sanchez, Javier Spanish male novelists 1955 births Living people Writers from Barcelona 20th-century Spanish novelists 20th-century Spanish male writers 21st-century Spanish novelists 21st-century Spanish male writers Complutense University of Madrid alumni