Considered by many critics one of Spain’s greatest novelists of the twentieth century, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester is also probably one of the least known Spanish writer outside of the Iberian Peninsula and the last to receive well-deserved acclaim by his countrymen and literary critics. Novelist, dramatist, literary critic himself, history professor, pamphleteer, literary professor, Torrente Ballester’s career spanned from the late 1930s through the end of the twentieth century. However, he did not receive accolades and recognition until the last two decades of his life. Although his well-known trilogy,
Los gozos y las sombras(1957-1962) [
Joys and Sorrows], won the Premio Nadal (a novelistic prize for the most outstanding novel of the year), it differed from most of his novelistic…
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Citation: Blackwell, Frieda. "Gonzalo Torrente Ballester". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 December 2020 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14511, accessed 22 November 2024.]
