Ayala dies 103

Yesterday was a sad day for Spanish memory. Spanish essayist and novelist Francisco Ayala died in Madrid, aged 103. Ayala was one of Spain's intellectual icons in the second half of the 20th century and wrote more than 50 books.
Francisco Ayala was born in Granada on March 13th, 1906 and won amongst others, the Cervantes Prize in 1991 and the Prince of Asturias Prize of Letters in 1998.
At the end of the Spanish Civil World, he went into exile to Argentina, Puerto Rico and later the United States (New York and Chicago). He came back to his homeland in 1960.
Click here to read his obituary in English