Biography of ana maria matute

Spanish author

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Matute and the second or maternal family name is Ausejo.

Ana María Matute Ausejo (26 July – 25 June ) was an internationally acclaimed Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española.^[1][2] In , she received the Premio Nadal for Primera memoria.

The third woman to receive the Cervantes Prize for her literary oeuvre, she is considered one of the foremost novelists of the posguerra, the period immediately following the Spanish Civil War.^[3]

Biography

Matute was born on 26 July ^[4] At the age of four she almost died from a chronic kidney infection, and was taken to live with her grandparents in Mansilla de la Sierra, a small town in the mountains, for a period of recovery.

Matute says that she was profoundly influenced by the villagers whom she met during her time there. This influence can be seen in such works as those publ