Luis Goytisolo

Luis Goytisolo studied at University of Barcelona. The recorded working language is Spanish and Catalan. Residence is recorded at Vimbodí. Positions recorded include Member of the Royal Spanish Academy. Distinctions recorded are Premio Biblioteca Breve, Castilian Narrative Critic Award, National Novel Prize and Spanish Literature National Prize.

• Honorific Prefix — The Most Excellent • Name — Luis Goytisolo • Birth Name — Luis Goytisolo Gay • Born — 17 March 1935 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Died — 12 July 2026 • Place of death — Vimbodí i Poblet, Spain • Occupation — Novelist • Education — University of Barcelona • Movement — social realism (1958–1973) • Relatives — * Juan Goytisolo (brother) • José Agustín Goytisolo (brother) Luis Goytisolo Gay (17 March 1935 – 12 July 2026) was a Spanish Catalan writer in the Spanish language. He was best known for his tetralogy Antagony, which was published between 1973 and 1981. Goytisolo was a member of the Real Academia Española.

Goytisolo was born in Barcelona on 17 March 1935. He is the younger brother to José Agustín Goytisolo and Juan Goytisolo. He started studying law in 1953 but quit shortly afterwards to dedicate himself to literature and a political struggle against Francoist Spain. In 1963 he was locked up for four months in the Carabanchel Prison for being a supporter of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia/Communist Party of Spain. Part of this period he spent in isolation. During his time in prison he started to write his novel Antagony. He wrote on used pieces of toilet paper. His tetralogy Antagony is considered by El Mundo to be one of the best novels of the 20th century. In 2012 it was published in a single book. The first book was translated into English in 2017, and a full translation by Brendan Riley was published as a single book in 2022 by Dalkey Archive Press. In March 2015 Goytisolo donated 57 boxes of his personal archives to the Biblioteca Nacional de España. Goytisolo died on 12 July 2026, at the age of 91.

• Las afueras (1958) • Antagonía, consisting of: Recuento (1973), Los verdes de mayo hasta el mar (1976), La cólera de Aquiles (1979), Teoría del conocimiento (1981). • Antagony, trans. Brendan Riley (Dalkey Archive, 2022): Recounting; The Greens of May Down to the Sea; The Wrath of Achilles; Theory of Knowledge. The first volume, Recounting, was published previously by Dalkey Archive Press in 2017. • Estela de fuego que se aleja (1984) • Investigaciones y conjeturas de Claudio Mendoza (1985) • Estatua con palomas (1993) • Placer licuante (1999) • Diario de 360º (2000) • Liberación (2003) • Oído atento a los pájaros (2005) • Coincidencias (2017)

His recorded languages were Spanish and Catalan. He was the child of José María Goytisolo Taltavull and Julia Gay Vives. Other recorded relations include Antonio Goytisolo Digat, Agustín Goytisolo and María Mendoza de Vives.

Luis Goytisolo worked in literature, creative and professional writing and opinion journalism. His work is associated with social realism. Recorded position is Member of the Royal Spanish Academy. He belonged to Royal Spanish Academy. He worked at Vimbodí.