Almudena Grandes

María de la Almudena Grandes Hernández (7 May 1960 – 27 November 2021) was a Spanish writer. She wrote 13 novels and three short-story collections. She won the National Literature Prize for Narrative and the Prix Méditerranée. She was seen as one of the most important writers in Spain.
Grandes was politically left-wing. Her work was about the Francisco Franco's regime and the impact it had on democracy.
In October 2021, Grandes announced that she had colon cancer, diagnosed the year before. She died on 27 November 2021 from the disease in Madrid, at the age of 61.