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Saturday, November 21, 2009 9:41 AM

Published 11/04/2009 by Washington Post


Spanish author Francisco Ayala dies at 103

Mr. Ayala was among the last of a generation of leading poets and intellectuals of the venerated 'Generation of '27,' which included peers such as Federico García Lorca, Pedro Salinas and Luis Cernuda, and was a leading Franco opponent during the civil war of the late 1930s. His father and a younger...

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Francisco Ayala obituary
One of the greats of Spanish literature, he spent decades in exile in the Franco era The Spanish literary lion Francisco Ayala, who has died aged 103, enjoyed a ... - [11/04/2009 - Guardian.co.uk]

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...of the venerated "Generation of '27,' which included peers such as Federico García Lorca, Pedro Salinas and Luis Cernuda, and was a leading Franco opponent during the civil war of the late 1930s. His father and a younger brother had been executed at the start of the war."
Spanish author Francisco Ayala dies at 103 [Washington Post - 11/04/2009]
...for work that "has conspicuously enriched the literary patrimony of the Spanish speaking world." In Mr. Ayala's novels...
Spanish author Francisco Ayala dies at 103 [Washington Post - 11/04/2009]
...introduction, was "power exercised by man over his fellow man is always a usurpation." Malcolm Compitello...
Spanish author Francisco Ayala dies at 103 [Washington Post - 11/04/2009]

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