Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

1939 - 2003

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: poetry, novel

country of citizenship: Spain

native language: Spanish

languages spoken, written or signed: Catalan, Spanish

educated at: University of Barcelona

occupation: writer, journalist, politician, restaurateur, poet, essayist, literary critic, opinion journalist, university teacher

award received: Saint George's Cross, Premio Planeta de Novela, Martin Beck Award, honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, German Crime Fiction Award, Spanish Literature National Prize, National Novel Prize

Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (14 June 1939–18 October 2003) was a prolific Spanish writer from Barcelona: journalist, novelist, poet, essayist, anthologue, prologist, humorist, critic and political prisoner as well as a gastronome and a FC Barcelona supporter. Source: Wikipedia (en)