Luis Romero
Luis Romero (1916–2009) was a Spanish novelist. He was born in Barcelona. He wrote two dozen books in a literary career spanning four decades.
Luis Romero
- Born
- 1916 · Barcelona.
- Died
- 2009 · Barcelona.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- writer · novelist · poet
- Fields
- literature · prose
- Honours
- Premio Nadal · Premio Planeta de Novela
- Languages
- Catalan · Spanish
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He won the Premio Nadal in 1951 for his novel La noria and the Premio Planeta in 1963 for El cacique. He wrote a well-received biography of the artist Salvador Dalí (Todo Dalí en un rostro, 1975). He also published a couple of histories of the Spanish Civil War, Tres días de julio in 1967, and Por qué y cómo mataron a Calvo Sotelo in 1982. The latter work won the Premio Espejo de España. Late in his career, he won the Ramon Llull Novel Award for his novel Castell de cartes.
• Cuerda tensa (1950) • La Noria (1951) • Ha pasado una sombra (1953) • Carta de ayer (1953) • Las viejas voces (1955) • Los otros (1956) • Libro de las tabernas de España (1956) • Esas sombras de trasmundo (1957) • Tudá (Allá) (1957) • La noche buena (1960) • La corriente (1962) • El cacique (1963) • Tres días de julio (1967) • Desastre de Cartagena (1971) • Todo Dalí en un rostro (1975) • El final de la guerra (1976) • Cara y cruz de la República (1980) • Por qué y cómo mataron a Calvo Sotelo (1982) • Aquel Dalí (1984) • Dedálico Dalí (1989) • Salvador Dalí (1992)
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Luis Romero (24 May 1916 – 4 February 2009) is described as a writer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Luis Romero is recorded on 24 May 1916, and the death on 4 February 2009.
Catalan
Catalan
• La finestra (1956) • El carrer (1959) • Castell de cartes (1991)
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Luis Romero was born in Barcelona, Spain, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Luis Romero died in Barcelona, Spain, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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1916
Luis Romero born at Barcelona.
2009
Luis Romero died at Barcelona.
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