Javier Marías

Javier Marías Franco (20 September 1951 – 11 September 2022) was a Spanish novelist, translator, and columnist. His best known works were "A Heart So White" ("Corazón tan blanco," 1992")" and "Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me" ("Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí," 1994). He was one of Spain's most popular novelists. 
He was honored with the Rómulo Gallegos Prize (1994), the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1997), the International Nonino Prize (2011), and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2011). 
Marías died of problems caused by COVID-19 in Madrid, on 11 September 2022, nine days before his 71st birthday.