What is Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio?
[[File:Sanchez Ferlosio.jpg|thumb|Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio]] '''Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio''' (4 December 1927 – 1 April 2019) was a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] writer. In 2004, he was awarded the [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize|Premio Cervantes]] for his written work in the [[Spanish language]]. He also won a [[Premio Nadal]] for his novel ''El Jarama'' (1955). He helped writing in Spain to become popular again after the [[Spanish Civil War]], along with other young writers such as [[Juan Goytisolo]] and [[Ana María Matute]]. He later stopped writing for around twenty years. He never said publicly why this was but [[critic]]s have said it may have been a silent dislike of the Spanish [[military]] [[dictatorship]] of [[Francisco Franco]]. Sánchez Ferlosio [[Rome]], [[Lazio]], [[Italy]]. His mother was [[Italians|Italian]]. His Spanish father, [[Rafael Sánchez Mazas]] (1894–1966), was a [[nationalist]] writer and a leader of the [[Falange]]. Sánchez Ferlosio was married to writer [[Carmen Martín Gaite]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.portal-local.com/occu_cer_ferlo_vid.asp|title=Biografías Premios Cervantes|work=Portal Local|access-date=1 April 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128112605/http://www.portal-local.com/occu_cer_ferlo_vid.asp|archive-date=28 November 2009|language=es}}</ref> Sánchez Ferlosio died in [[Madrid]] on 1 April 2019, at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.elespanol.com/cultura/20190401/muere-escritor-rafael-sanchez-ferlosio-anos/387711537_0.html|title=Muere el escritor Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio a los 91 años|work=El Español|date=1 April 2019|access-date=1 April 2019|language=es}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez Ferlosio, Rafael}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish essayists]] [[Category:Spanish novelists]] [[Category:Writers from Rome]] [[Category:Miguel de Cervantes Prize winners]]