What is Carlos Ruiz Zafón?
{{Infobox writer | name = Carlos Ruiz Zafón | image = Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 002.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Carlos Ruiz Zafón in 2008 | pseudonym = | birth_date = 25 September 1964 | birth_place = [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] | death_date = 19 June 2020 (aged 55) | death_place = [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] | resting_place = | occupation = Writer | language = Spanish | education = | alma_mater = | period = 1994–2020 | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Carlos Ruiz Zafón''' ({{IPA-es|ˈkaɾlos rwiθ θaˈfon}}; 25 September 1964 – 19 June 2020) was a Spanish [[novelist]]. He was best known for his 2001 novel ''La sombra del viento'' (''[[The Shadow of the Wind]]''). His next novel was published in English in July 2012 as ''[[The Prisoner of Heaven]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Prisoner of Heaven (El cementerio de los libros olvidados #3)|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13369595-the-prisoner-of-heaven|publisher=[[goodreads.com]]|access-date=2012-06-05}}</ref> On 19 June 2020, Zafón died of [[colorectal cancer]], in [[Santa Monica, California]] at the age of 55.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20200619/481773551925/ruiz-zafon.html|website=[[La Vanguardia]]|title=Carlos Ruiz Zafón fallece en Los Ángeles a los 55 años|date=19 June 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zafon, Carlos Ruiz}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish novelists]] [[Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer]] [[Category:Writers from Barcelona]] {{bio-stub}}