Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

27 J–18 O

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (Barcelona, España, 14 de junio de 1939 - Bangkok, Tailandia, 18 de octubre de 2003) fue un escritor español conocido sobre todo por sus novelas protagonizadas por el detective Pepe Carvalho. Personalidad casi inabarcable, se definió a sí mismo como "periodista, novelista, poeta, ensayista, antólogo, prologuista, humorista, crítico, gastrónomo, culé y prolífico en general", campos todos en los que destacó. --- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (14 June 1939 in Barcelona – 18 October 2003 in Bangkok) was a prolific Spanish writer from Catalonia: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and a FC Barcelona supporter. He began writing poetry in 1967. He is one of the Novísimos from Jose María Castellet. His poetic works until 1986 are collected in *Memoria y deseo (Memory and desire).* The same characteristic features of his poetry appear in his novels. *Los mares del Sur,* part of the Pepe Carvalho series, won the Planeta Award in 1979, bringing fame for both the writer and the fictional detective, who would later be portrayed in films, TV series and comic strips. In 1988, he wrote and published a children's book called, *Escenas de la literatura universal y retratos de grandes autores* (English version as "Scenes from World Literature and Portraits of Greatest Authors"). Other narrative works include narrative productions *Galíndez* (1991), winner of the National Narrative Award;

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