Antonio Martínez Menchén (1930 – 7 January 2022) was a Spanish writer. He is best known for his work in
children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...
. He began his career under editor
Carlos Barral with the publications of ''Cinco Variaciones'' (1963) and ''Las Tapias'' (1968). He is most widely known for his children's book ''
La espada y la rosa'' (1993). He was the father of poet
Carlos Martínez Aguirre and brother of writer
Andrés Sorel. Menchén was born in
Linares, Jaén
Linares () is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain belonging to the Jaén (Spanish province), province of Jaén, Andalusia. It is the second-largest city in that province, with a population of 55,261 in the most recent census (2024). ...
in 1930, and died on 7 January 2022, at the age of 91.
References
1930 births
2022 deaths
Spanish writers
People from Linares, Jaén
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