José María Carrascal

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carrascal and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

José María Carrascal
Carrascal in 2006
Carrascal in 2006
Born(1930-12-08)8 December 1930
El Vellón, Madrid, Spain
Died4 November 2023(2023-11-04) (aged 92)
Madrid, Spain
OccupationWriter and journalist
GenreNovel

José María Carrascal Rodríguez (8 December 1930 – 3 November 2023) was a Spanish journalist and writer.

Biography

José María Carrascal was born in El Vellón, Madrid, in 1930. He studied philosophy in Barcelona, and in 1959 he began his career as journalist out of Spain. Between 1959 and 1966 he was correspondent in Berlin, working for Diario de Barcelona and Pueblo. Then he moved to United States to begin his literary career, and he also worked for United Nations. He made an hiatus and in 1990 he got back to his activities and he became a columnist for La Razón. He wrote essays about American life and its idiosyncrasy.[1]

For his novel Groovy he won the Nadal Prize in 1972.

In 2021 he won the Luca de Tena Award,[2] and he died in Madrid on 3 November 2023, at the age of 92.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fernández López, Dolores; Domínguez Pérez, Mónica; Rodríguez-Gallego López, Fernando (2006). "Nueva York en la narrativa de José María Carrascal". In Peña Rodríguez, Francisco José (ed.). Campus stellae : haciendo camino en la investigación literaria (PDF) (in Spanish). Vol. 2. pp. 181–187. ISBN 84-9750-612-X.
  2. ^ "Javier Cercas, premio de periodismo Mariano de Cavia". El País (in Spanish). 11 May 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Muere el periodista José María Carrascal". El País (in Spanish). 3 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.