Miguel Delibes has died

Writer Miguel Delibes has died today to 89 years of age in his house of Valladolid. Academician of the Language, the Prince of Asturias and award Cervantes, between other awards and distinctions, the author vallisoletano, one of the fundamental names of the literature of Hispanic speech, has gone away after a long illness. The Spanish movies can presume to be provided with several movies based on his novels, although of between all the adaptations he stands out The innocent saints (Mario Camus, 1984), one of the most extraordinary movies of our cinematography. The novel, and the movie, they center in the gray Spain of the landowners, of these gentlemen who were taking advantage of the servility of the poor. Alfredo Landa and Francisco Rabal like Paco “Under” and Azarías respectively many honors took for this movie, between them the award “ex-aequo” in Cannes. But the adaptations to the movies of the work of Delibes come of more behind, of when Ann Mariscal, bastion of the governing women in Spain, took to the movies The way (1963), another rural history that Miguel Delibes liked, although in this occasion across the eyes of a child, Daniel “The Owlet”.

In 1974, José Antonio Páramo directed a medium-length film, The shroud based on the novel homónima of Delibes, one of least known of his bibliography. For his part, Antonio Giménez-Rico adapted My idolized son Sisí in family Portrait (1976), led by Antonio Ferrandis, I protect to Occur rarely Loyally and Mónica Randall, and the proper Rich one filmed also the book The disputed vote of mister Cayo with equal name and with leading role, again, of Francisco Rabal, and The rats (1998). Another director who has resorted to Delibes in two occasions has been Antonio Mercero: it was based on The prince overthrown for The dad's war (1977) and almost two decades later it rolled The treasure (1990) on the novel homónima.

Other of his most well-known texts, led to scene in innumerable occasions, is the work Five hour with Mario. Josefina Molina came to her for Nocturnal performance (1981).

Curiously, his first novel, The shade of the cypress is lengthened (1948), I reward Nadal, it was not taken to the movies it spends 1990 for the Spanish settled down in Mexico Luis Alcoriza. Finally, in 1998 Francesc Betriu rolled A perfect couple on the novel Newspaper of a pensioner of the deceased writer today.

Miguel Delibes did not sign any of the scripts of the movies based on his works. One supported to the margin stopping that others will be in charge of extracting cinematographic party to his wonderful work.

Rest in peace.