Plazatoro), Fernando Savater (Duke of Caronte), W. G. Sebald (Duke of Vértigo), Jonathan Coe (Duke of Prunes), Luis Antonio de Villena (Duke of Malmundo), and Juan Villoro (Duke of Nochevieja). Premio Reino de Redonda Marías created a literary prize, the , to be judged by the dukes and duchesses. The jury was of an extraordinary prominence, comprising the dukes mentioned below and other figures such as Francis Ford Coppola. In addition to prize money, the winners, listed below, received a duchy: 2001 – John Maxwell Coetzee (Duke of Deshonra) 2002 – John H. Elliott (Duke of Simancas) 2003 – Claudio Magris (Duke of Segunda Mano) 2004 – Eric Rohmer (Duke of Olalla) 2005 – Alice Munro (Duchess of Ontario) 2006 – Ray Bradbury (Duke of Diente de León) 2007 – George Steiner (Duke of Girona) 2008 – Umberto Eco (Duke of la Isla del Día de Antes) 2009 – Marc Fumaroli (Duke of Houyhnhnms) 2010 Milan Kundera 2011 Ian McEwan (Duke of the black dogs) Death Marías died of pneumonia in Madrid on 11 September 2022, at age 70. The Spanish novelist Eduardo Mendoza remembered him as the best writer in Spain at the time of his death, and one who wrote female characters the best. Awards and honours 1979: (Germanic languages) for Tristram Shandy 1986: Premio Herralde for El hombre sentimental 1989: (Spanish literature, narrative) for Todas las almas 1992: Premio de la Crítica Española 1995: Romulo Gallegos Prize for Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí (Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me) 1995: Fastenrath Award (Real Academia Española) for Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí 1996: Prix Femina étranger for Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí 1997: Nelly Sachs Prize 1997: International Dublin Literary Award for A Heart So White 2000: Grinzane Cavour Prize 2008: Marías was elected to Seat R of the Real Academia Española on 29 June 2006. He took up his seat on 27 April 2008. At his investiture he agreed with Robert Louis Stevenson that the work of novelists is "pretty childish," but also argued that it is impossible to narrate real events, and that "you can only fully tell stories about what has never happened, the invented and imagined." 2011: International Nonino Prize in Italy 2011: Austrian State Prize for European Literature 2013: Prix Formentor 2013: National Book Critics Circle Award (fiction) shortlist for The Infatuations 2017: LIBAR 2017 Award