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laht.com - 21 days ago

Spanish Writer Francisco Ayala Dies at 103

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MADRID – Spanish essayist and novelist Francisco Ayala died on Tuesday in Madrid, Ayala Foundation head Rafael Juarez told Efe. He was 103. Ayala, born in Granada on March 13, 1906, and winner of the Cervantes Prize in 1991 and the Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters in 1998, was one of ...

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