Miguel's grandfather was the brother of the French composer Léo Delibes, and had moved to Spain to participate in the construction of the railway in Cantabria. The name Delibes was of French origin and came from Toulouse. The writer was named an adopted son of Valladolid in 2009.
His father was born and died in the Cantabrian town Molledo, where Miguel spent many summers. Miguel Delibes was born in Valladolid on 17 October 1920, the third of eight children from the marriage between María Setién and Adolfo Delibes. Miguel Delibes at age six in a school photograph of the Colegio de las Carmelitas of Valladolid. He died in 2010.īiography Early life and training In 1998 he was diagnosed with colon cancer, from which he never fully recovered. He was deeply affected by the death of his wife in 1974. He has been ranked with Heinrich Böll and Graham Greene as one of the most prominent Catholic writers of the second half of the twentieth century. Several of his works have been adapted into plays or have been turned into films, winning awards at the Cannes Film Festival among others. He was one of the leading figures of post- Civil War Spanish literature, winning numerous literary prizes. These were common themes in his writing, and he often wrote from the perspective of a city-dweller who remained connected with the rural world. He was a connoisseur of the flora and fauna of Castile and was passionate about hunting and the countryside. He later became the editor for the regional newspaper El Norte de Castilla before gradually devoting himself exclusively to writing novels. Educated in commerce, he began his career as a cartoonist and columnist. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied letter "e" seat. Miguel Delibes Setién MML ( Spanish pronunciation: 17 October 1920 – 12 March 2010) was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. Miguel, Ángeles, Germán, Elisa, Juan, Adolfo & Camino.
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