Fernando Marías Amondo (13 June 1958 – 5 February 2022) was a Spanish writer.

Biography

Born on 13 June 1958 in

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, Marías moved to

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in 1975 to study cinema at the university. His debut novel (which he later adapted to a feature film screenplay for '' The End of a Mystery'') was published in 1990. He won the 2001

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for ''El niño de los coroneles''. He died in Madrid on 5 February 2022, at the age of 63.

Works

;Novels * ''La luz prodigiosa'' (1990) * ''Esta noche moriré'' (1992) * ' (2001) * ''Invasor'' (2003) * ''La mujer de las alas grises'' (2003) * ''El mundo se acaba todos los días'' (2005) * ''Cielo abajo'' (2005) * ''Zara y el librero de Bagdad'' (2008) * ''Todo el amor y casi toda la muerte'' (2010) * ''La isla del padre'' (2015) * ''Arde este libro'' (2021)

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* 1958 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Spanish writers 21st-century Spanish writers Basque writers Writers from Bilbao Spanish novelists Spanish screenwriters {{Spain-writer-stub