one daughter. From a previous marriage she had one son. She was a fan of Atlético Madrid. In October 2021, Grandes announced that she was suffering from cancer, which had been diagnosed in the previous year. She died on 27 November 2021, at the age of 61. Bibliography Novels Las edades de Lulú (Tusquets, 1989) Te llamaré Viernes Tusquets, 1991, Malena es un nombre de tango Tusquets, 1994, ; Tusquets, 2008, Atlas de geografía humana Tusquets, 1998, Los aires difíciles Tusquets, 2002 Castillos de cartón Tusquets, 2004, El corazón helado Tusquets, 2007 The Frozen Heart Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010, translated by Frank Wynne; Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 2010, Ines y la alegria Tusquets, 2010, El lector de Julio Verne Tusquets, 2012, Las tres bodas de Manolita Tusquets, 2014, Los besos en el pan Tusquets, 2015, Los Pacientes del Doctor García, 2017 - Premio Nacional de Narrativa 2018 La madre de Frankenstein, Tusquets, 2020 Todo va a mejorar, Tusquets, 2022 Short story collections Modelos de mujer (Tusquets, 1996) () Mercados de Barceló, 2003 () Estaciones de paso (Tusquets, 2005) () Awards La Sonrisa Vertical Award 1989 for Las edades de Lulú. Coherence Award (2002) Julián Besteiro Award for the Arts and Literature (2002) Cálamo Award for Best Book of the Year for Los aires difíciles (2003) Crisol Award for Los aires difíciles (2003) The municipal library of Azuqueca de Henares, inaugurated in October 2006, bears her name José Manuel Lara Foundation Award for El corazón helado (2008) Madrid Booksellers Guild Award for El corazón helado (2008) Prix Méditerranée (2009) Premio de la Crítica de Madrid for Inés y la alegría (2010) Premio Iberoamericano de Novela Elena Poniatowska 2011 for Inés y la alegría (2011) Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Award for Inés y la alegría (2011) The Infant and Primary Education Center (CEIP) of the Las Morillas neighborhood (Málaga) is named after her Atocha International Lawyers of Atocha Award (2017) Liber Prize (2018) National Literature Prize for Narrative (2018) Honoris Causa by the National University of Distance Education (2020) International Journalism Award of the International Press Club (2020) Jean-Monnet Prize for European Literature for Los pacientes del Dr. García (2020) References External links Website Almudena Grandes Almudena Grandes' profile at Tusquets editors website 1960 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Spanish novelists 20th-century Spanish women writers Complutense University of Madrid alumni Deaths from cancer in Spain El País columnists People from Madrid