https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish-Peruvian Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has "beaten" Covid and will leave the Madrid clinic where he was being treated to complete his recovery at home, his family tweeted on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220425/spanish-nobel-laureate-vargas-llosa-to-head-home-after-beating-covid Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:55:08 +0200 spanish-nobel-laureate-vargas-llosa-to-head-home-after-beating-covid The legendary American writer spent some of his happiest and most productive years in Spain. Here are Hemingway's favourite hang-outs in a country that fascinated and inspired him. https://www.thelocal.es/20191119/hemingways-favourite-spanish-haunts Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:19:07 +0100 hemingways-favourite-spanish-haunts Every month a growing group of book fans meets in a loft-style gallery in the Las Salesas district, on the edge of Madrid's trendy Chueca. https://www.thelocal.es/20200218/madrid-bookie-the-intimate-literary-club-with-big-ambitions Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:16:42 +0100 madrid-bookie-the-intimate-literary-club-with-big-ambitions US writer Siri Hustvedt on Wednesday was awarded Spain's prestigious Princess of Asturias prize for literature for her work which the jury said was among "the most ambitious on today's literary scene" https://www.thelocal.es/20190522/siri-histvedt-scoops-spains-top-literary-award Wed, 22 May 2019 16:25:05 +0200 siri-histvedt-scoops-spains-top-literary-award Uruguayan poet Ida Vitale, 95, on Thursday won the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world, Spain's Culture Minister Jose Guirao announced. https://www.thelocal.es/20181116/uruguayan-poet-95-wins-top-spanish-literary-award Fri, 16 Nov 2018 11:34:52 +0100 uruguayan-poet-95-wins-top-spanish-literary-award The bookworms of Madrid have emerged from the woodwork as La Feria del Libro, the city’s annual book fair, occupies the Retiro park until Sunday June 10th. https://www.thelocal.es/20180607/10-bookshops-in-madrid-that-are-more-than-just-bookshops Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:23:05 +0200 10-bookshops-in-madrid-that-are-more-than-just-bookshops While politicians remain at loggerheads, the arts bring resolution to the Basque Country's long history of violence. https://www.thelocal.es/20170828/how-a-remarkable-novel-is-helping-spain-come-to-terms-with-the-basque-countrys-violent-past Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:30:17 +0200 how-a-remarkable-novel-is-helping-spain-come-to-terms-with-the-basque-countrys-violent-past One of the best attended annual gatherings of Spanish-language writers anywhere is held in Gijón, in northern Spain, and every year they unveil their pick of newly published books by their peers. https://www.thelocal.es/20170717/five-spanish-authors-you-should-read-this-summer Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:14:29 +0200 five-spanish-authors-you-should-read-this-summer Swedish-born Cecilia Ekbäck puts the forgotten role of women first in her recently released historical crime novel, “In the Month of the Midnight Sun”, a stark, eery follow-up to her striking debut, “Wolf Winter”. https://www.thelocal.es/20170712/swedish-crime-novelist-eckbck-writes-women-back-into-history Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:05:00 +0200 swedish-crime-novelist-eckbck-writes-women-back-into-history American novelist Richard Ford has been awarded Spain's top literature prize. https://www.thelocal.es/20160615/novelist-richard-ford-wins-prestigious-spanish-prize-for-literature Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:20:20 +0200 novelist-richard-ford-wins-prestigious-spanish-prize-for-literature Spanish authorities and the family of the late poet Federico Garcia who was killed during the civil war are engaged in a fierce battle over what to do with his archive. https://www.thelocal.es/20160429/spanish-government-in-tug-of-war-with-family-over-lorca-archive Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:32:19 +0200 spanish-government-in-tug-of-war-with-family-over-lorca-archive Stieg Larsson's Millennium books are reported to be getting a second alternative ending in a set of new comic books inspired by the Swedish trilogy. https://www.thelocal.es/20151022/spanish-artist-to-draw-new-millennium-spin-off-comic-books Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:14:14 +0200 spanish-artist-to-draw-new-millennium-spin-off-comic-books In this week’s instalment of My Spanish Career, The Local talks to Terry and Charlotte, the couple behind Desperate Literature, Madrid’s newest bibliophile hangout. https://www.thelocal.es/20151005/theres-a-typewriter-at-the-back-where-customers-can-punch-out-poems Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:37:26 +0200 theres-a-typewriter-at-the-back-where-customers-can-punch-out-poems Spain's Carmen Balcells, a literary agent who represented some of the biggest names in 20th-century Spanish language literature has died aged 85. https://www.thelocal.es/20150922/legendary-spanish-literary-agent Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:57:07 +0200 legendary-spanish-literary-agent Cuban novelist Leonardo Padura, whose crime novels explore Havana's grubby underside, has been awarded Spain's Princess of Asturias award for literature. https://www.thelocal.es/20150611/cuban-author-awarded-spains-literature-prize Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:41:07 +0200 cuban-author-awarded-spains-literature-prize Researchers have cautiously confirmed that they believe they have located the remains of Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes in the crypt of a Madrid convent almost 400 years after his death. https://www.thelocal.es/20150317/cervantes-has-been-foundor-has-he Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:18:51 +0100 cervantes-has-been-foundor-has-he Four hundred years after he died a pauper in near obscurity, archaeologists announced that they may have solved the mystery of his final resting place. Meet our Spanish Face of the Week, Miguel de Cervantes. https://www.thelocal.es/20150130/is-400-year-old-mystery-of-cervantes-now-solved Fri, 30 Jan 2015 15:27:00 +0100 is-400-year-old-mystery-of-cervantes-now-solved Over a third of Spaniards admit to "never" or "hardly ever" reading books, with nearly half of those people putting their lack of reading down to the fact that they are "not interested". https://www.thelocal.es/20150109/35-percent-of-spaniards-never-or-hardly-ever-read Fri, 09 Jan 2015 17:44:00 +0100 35-percent-of-spaniards-never-or-hardly-ever-read Irish author John Banville, best known for his crime novels written under the pseudonym of Benjamin Black, has been awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias literature award, the prize jury said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140605/irish-author-banville-principe-spanish-asturias-award Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:39:00 +0200 irish-author-banville-principe-spanish-asturias-award People in the Spanish region of Catalonia traditionally celebrate La Diada de Sant Jordi (St. George's Day) by giving each other books, but this year's celebrations have been marred by an author-backed strike at a major city centre book retailer. https://www.thelocal.es/20140423/barcelona-book-day-hit-by-shop-staff-strike Wed, 23 Apr 2014 19:05:00 +0200 barcelona-book-day-hit-by-shop-staff-strike