A younger communist, Sánchez Dragó ended his days linked to the acute proper of Vox He has died in Castilfrío de la Siera, in Soria The author and journalist was awarded the Premio Planeta in 1992
The author Fernando Sánchez Dragó has died this Monday morning of a coronary heart assault on the age of 86, household sources have knowledgeable EFE.
In latest instances, Sánchez Dragó has been intently linked to Vox. In truth, he has acquired the Castilla y León Letters Award, granted by the area’s Ministry of Culture, within the palms of the Santiago Abascal celebration. Although in his youth he was a member of the communist ranks, that was altering and already in 1992 he requested for the vote for José María Aznar.
The author and journalist, Planet Award in 1992 with La Prueba del Laberinto, had revealed a tweet shortly earlier than he died, this Monday by which he’s seen with a cat. At the time of his loss of life he was in Castilfrío de la Sierra, in Soria.
Fernando Sánchez Dragó was born in Madrid in October 1936. The son and grandson of journalists, he misplaced his father very early, when he was shot firstly of the Civil War.
He went by means of the well-known Colegio de El Pilar, within the Salamanca district of Madrid, and studied letters on the University of Madrid. It was throughout his college stage that he joined the opposition actions to Francoism and joined the Communist Party. In 1956 he was arrested together with different younger opponents reminiscent of Ramón Tamames, Javier Pradera or Enrique Mújica, as a consequence of the scholar occasions in February of that 12 months, which induced a disaster throughout the Francoist authorities.
In 1964, whereas below home arrest, he escaped into exile and didn’t return to Spain till 1970. During these years he traveled to Italy, Japan, India and Kathmandu. In truth, he boasted that he had overwhelmed the hippies on his journeys to Nepal. He himself tells how within the Indian metropolis of Varanasi he lived a revelation or epiphany that led him to desert his previous atheism and communist militancy to grow to be a “non secular” man.
On his return to Spain he was one of many collaborators of the legendary literary program Encuentros con las Letras, on RTVE.
In 1978 he revealed the ebook that launched him to fame: “Gárgoris and Habidis, a magical historical past of Spain”. The ebook, which was awarded the National Essay Award, has had greater than 70 editions.
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