Luis Mateo Díez Rodríguez (born 21 September 1942) is a Spanish writer. He has written widely in a variety of genres, and has published over 50 books till date. He is best known for his works that focus on the fictional Kingdom of Celama (e.g. ''El espíritu del páramo'', ''La ruina del cielo'' and ''El oscurecer''). Two of his novels have won both the

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and the Premio Nacional de Narrativa - ''La fuente de la edad'' in 1986, and ''La ruina del cielo'' in 2000.Bio
/ref> Díez also won the National Prize for Spanish Literature in 2020. Díez won the

Miguel de Cervantes Prize The Miguel de Cervantes Prize () is awarded annually to honour the lifetime achievement of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. The ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' calls it "most prestigious and remunerative award given for Spanish-languag ...

in 2023, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.

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