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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Díez and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.
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Luis Mateo Díez
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Luis Mateo Díez Rodríguez
21 September 1942 Villablino (León), Spain
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| Preceded by | Claudio Rodríguez |
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 Premio de la Crítica and the Premio Nacional de Narrativa - La fuente de la edad in 1986, and La ruina del cielo in 2000. Díez also won the National Prize for Spanish Literature in 2020.
Díez won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2023, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.
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In Spanish: Luis Mateo Díez para niños
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